ST500DM002 SIM Error 2044 Fix
Most errors in Seagate F3 hard drives can be easily fixed by SYS editing or clearing. DFL-FRP for Seagate is able to read/write/edit SYS files by ATA and COM ports and also by commands in terminal. The following was some solution by one Chinese user.
Error messages:
Rst 0x10M
RW subfile error 2044
RW subfile error 2044
SIM Error 2044
No HOST FIS-ReadyStatusFlags 2002A1A5
HDD ID:
Model Number : ST3500418AS; Desktop- 7200.12
Family : YETIST_3_0(649B)(3-12-3-3)
Firmware version: CC37
Head Number: 2
Capacity: 976773168 (500G)
S/N : 5VM3EZWL
F3 T>
ASCII Diag mode
F3 T>/1
F3 1>N1,,22
Init SMART Fail
LED:000000CC FAddr:0024E4A3
LED:000000CC FAddr:0024E4A3
LED:000000CC FAddr:0024E4A3
LED:000000CC FAddr:0024E4A3
LED:000000CC FAddr:0024E4A3
LED:000000CC FAddr:0024E4A3
F3 T>m0,6,3,,,,,22
Max Wr Retries = 00, Max Rd Retries = 00, Max ECC T-Level = 16, Max Certify Rewrite Retries = 2DF8
DiagError 0000500D
User Partition Format Failed – Elapsed Time 0 mins 00 secs
R/W Sense 00000002, R/W Error 843200A6, File Error 00000000
Blk Addr 71030001, Blk Addr Type D0, Cyl 00000000, Hd 1B
F3 T>
ASCII Diag mode
F3 T>m0,2,1,,,,,22
Max Wr Retries = 00, Max Rd Retries = 00, Max ECC T-Level = 16, Max Certify Rewrite Retries = 2DF8
User Partition Format 3% complete, Zone 00, Pass 00, LBA 00009A64, ErrCode 00000080, Elapsed Time 0 mins 30 secs
User Partition Format Successful – Elapsed Time 0 mins 30 secs
Zone re-format was skipped
F3 T>m0,2,2,0,0,0,0,22
m0,2,2,0,0,0,0,22
Max Wr Retries = 00, Max Rd Retries = 00, Max ECC T-Level = 00, Max Certify Rewrite Retries = 0000
DiagError 0000500D
User Partition Format Failed – Elapsed Time 0 mins 00 secs
R/W Sense 00000002, R/W Error 843200A6, File Error 00000000
Blk Addr 71030001, Blk Addr Type D0, Cyl 00000000, Hd 02
F3 T>
ASCII Diag mode
F3 T>/1
F3 1>N1,,22
Clear SMART is completed.
F3 1>
ASCII Diag mode
F3 T>m0,2,1,,,,,22
Max Wr Retries = 00, Max Rd Retries = 00, Max ECC T-Level = 16, Max Certify Rewrite Retries = 0A74
User Partition Format 3% complete, Zone 00, Pass 00, LBA 00009A64, ErrCode 00000080, Elapsed Time 0 mins 30 secs
User Partition Format Successful – Elapsed Time 0 mins 30 secs
Zone re-format was skipped.
F3 T>
Power off and power on, the error was gone and the drive was scanned successfully.
Rst 0x10M
(P) SATA Reset
Users can fix this error either with the COM terminal of DFL-FRP for Seagate or DFL-DDP USB3.0 data recovery equipment.
