Recent content by taghiramzi

can you please give me a hint how to do it? aside the putty I have eltima advanced port monitor and eltima advanced serial port terminal.

I cant get past this step, U wont work:

if you mean when connected to serial, nothing. i connect ttl to hdd, then ttl to pc and power up hdd ,then i open putty and connect to com4 (speed 34800) , ctrl+z , then /2, then Z, then , when i pull the paper from pins and use U command, it stucks, so no messages. if you mean when hdd...

All right, ive bought a prolific pl2303 USB ttl module using putty and tutorials from the internet, I managed to get to the part when I suppose to get the paper out and use U command. I did it for few times, but it stuck everytime. when i send U command, hard drive makes noises (not clicking...

I'm not familiar with process you've said, but I'm willing to do it. does it need any special equipment?

Thanks for the clarification on models. It's problem is when it plugged, computer wont start. It just freezes on startup screen and never gets to boot. when it happened Ive searched here and couldn't find anything. Ive had a similar problem with my old pc, the maxtor 80 Ide prevented computer...

Hi everyone I have a faulty seagate 320gb (ST3320613AS, pcb number 100504364 REV B) which is undetectable to bios, and has some needed data in it. In search of doner pcb, I came across a maxtor 160gb with almost identical label (except the logo) and same pcb number. So I'm wondering, can I use...

While what you said makes me sad and disappointed, also makes me wondering, old devices like commodore 64's or Atari 2600's (which some are still usable after more than 30 years) are using another types of ROM or there is a luck factor involved?

hi, I have an old Pentium 3 PC, fully working in good condition. I want to keep it for at least 10 years to sell or display. My biggest fear is that few years later I try to start it and it wouldn't work. for now, I've removed bios battery and placed anti moisture silica gel packs inside. As a...

hi I have a p5kpl am se with e5700 cpu , hd 5450 , 2*2gb ddr2 rams and 2 sata hdd's my problem is that bios and windows7 (64bit) recognize 3 gb of ram (CPU-z recognizes 4gb) what have I tried so far: updated bios reset bios swapped ram modules tried with one ram (2 gb can be recognized in both...