Post by: thedustycelt on May 03, 2004, 08:21:00 PM
http://www.xbox-scen...cles/pc-hdd.php
Once it is unlocked, you can drop it in another modded box, or stick it in a pc etc...
Have fun!
Post by: triggernum5 on May 04, 2004, 01:23:00 AM
Post by: triggernum5 on May 06, 2004, 06:30:00 PM
Post by: A@ron on May 06, 2004, 07:08:00 PM
A@ron
Post by: triggernum5 on May 13, 2004, 01:32:00 PM
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| Does anyone know what to do if the master password TEAMASSEMBLY doesn't work? |
Have you noticed a trend in the fact that every time someone asks that question they get flamed or ignored..? There is a reason.. Perhaps.. Maybe.. If you outline the steps you took in a clear and concise form somebody will catch your mistake, but as it stands you don't have a hard drive so much as you have a heavy piece of metal..
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Title: Restoring A Locked Hdd
Post by: opjose on May 13, 2004, 02:57:00 PM
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The error message is quite litteral.
The drive refused to accept the TEAMASSEMBLY password.
What does this mean?
Some drives CAN be locked but will NOT accept a master password.
ConfigMagic will attempt to set a master password, but does not necessarily report an error if the master password fails (it's not checked) but the drive accepts the locking command.
ConfigMagic sends the "master lock password" command, the drive responds "OK"... yet nothing is set.
These drives are designed this way.
Since you are getting SOMETHING back, jumpers, interface and communication is fine otherwise.
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Title: Restoring A Locked Hdd
Post by: triggernum5 on May 14, 2004, 04:01:00 AM
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I'm surprised that this hasn't been solved on the electronics side. The pwd has to be on a flash memory somwhere right? I looked up some chips on my seagate ST00114A?(The skinny cheap xbox seagate) but all the chips are annoying proprietry design. I'm guessing that it might be impossible as they probably used special logic controllers/firmware to encrypt the pinouts even (Like xbox). God would it ever be nice to be abe to slap a pony programmer of on a locked drive..
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Title: Restoring A Locked Hdd
Post by: opjose on May 14, 2004, 04:39:00 AM
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No the password is -NOT- in flash memory.
The manufacturer's took advantage of the fact that they have tons of semi-permanent memory available to them... namely the disk itself.
The password is written on a normally inaccessible area of the disk which can only be read by the electronics during the init.
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Title: Restoring A Locked Hdd
Post by: A@ron on May 14, 2004, 06:37:00 AM
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if it on the disk platters then how come if I take my two identical seagates and swap their controller boards the locked one becomes unlocked and visa versa.
A@ron
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Title: Restoring A Locked Hdd
Post by: thedustycelt on May 14, 2004, 07:17:00 AM
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Post by: opjose on May 13, 2004, 02:57:00 PM
The drive refused to accept the TEAMASSEMBLY password.
What does this mean?
Some drives CAN be locked but will NOT accept a master password.
ConfigMagic will attempt to set a master password, but does not necessarily report an error if the master password fails (it's not checked) but the drive accepts the locking command.
ConfigMagic sends the "master lock password" command, the drive responds "OK"... yet nothing is set.
These drives are designed this way.
Since you are getting SOMETHING back, jumpers, interface and communication is fine otherwise.
Post by: triggernum5 on May 14, 2004, 04:01:00 AM
Post by: opjose on May 14, 2004, 04:39:00 AM
The manufacturer's took advantage of the fact that they have tons of semi-permanent memory available to them... namely the disk itself.
The password is written on a normally inaccessible area of the disk which can only be read by the electronics during the init.
Post by: A@ron on May 14, 2004, 06:37:00 AM
A@ron
Post by: thedustycelt on May 14, 2004, 07:17:00 AM
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| if it on the disk platters then how come if I take my two identical seagates and swap their controller boards the locked one becomes unlocked and visa versa. A@ron |
I second this... It is definatly on the controller card, not the platters...
Post by: thedustycelt on May 14, 2004, 10:46:00 AM
http://www.xbox-scen...r-locked-hd.php
Post by: Beeeph on May 14, 2004, 12:27:00 PM
Post by: thedustycelt on May 14, 2004, 12:34:00 PM
If there was an easy solution, it would be posted all over this site. Maby somday someone will creat a way to spoof the eprom or do a brute force attack, but untill then, you have a 200 dollar paperweight.
If you can find a simular drive that had a platter crash, you could part swap the logic board.
The logic board is locked, and only bill has the keys
Post by: opjose on May 14, 2004, 01:23:00 PM
| QUOTE (A@ron @ May 14 2004, 02:37 PM) |
| if it on the disk platters then how come if I take my two identical seagates and swap their controller boards the locked one becomes unlocked and visa versa. A@ron |
I don't know what you did, but it doesn't work this way according to the manufacturers (NOT ME, I'm merely reciting what I have read on this subject...).
I've also tried that trick with disssimiliar results.
If you read the papers on this subject for BOTH Seagate and WD, both companies use the drive platters to store the lock information.
This is why it can be unlocked if those sectors are zeroed out...
This is done by some (drive specific) utilities as part of the zeroing out process.
The thought is that if you zero out the drive with the utility, there is no violation of the security.
Before the security blocks are erased, the entire drive must be zeroed in the process.
This is all documented in the information provided to OEM's by the companies.
Post by: A@ron on May 14, 2004, 04:20:00 PM
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