Comments on: Samsung HD753LJ SATA HDD 750 GB http://blog.techflaws.org/2008/07/22/samsung-hd753lj-sata-hdd-750-gb/ Things can only get better Tue, 20 Jul 2010 18:00:25 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: notabene http://blog.techflaws.org/2008/07/22/samsung-hd753lj-sata-hdd-750-gb/comment-page-2/#comment-1924 notabene Thu, 10 Jun 2010 21:08:12 +0000 http://techflaws.wordpress.com/?p=32#comment-1924 Thank you so so much, stumbled across this site after trying many a suggestion to get my samsung f2 working with my old asus k8v-x board with the vt8237 chipset. and happy to say i got the drive working, at last. thanks to all again esp mr cowin :) Thank you so so much, stumbled across this site after trying many a suggestion to get my samsung f2 working with my old asus k8v-x board with the vt8237 chipset. and happy to say i got the drive working, at last.

thanks to all again esp mr cowin :)

]]> By: Marvin http://blog.techflaws.org/2008/07/22/samsung-hd753lj-sata-hdd-750-gb/comment-page-2/#comment-1886 Marvin Sun, 06 Jun 2010 04:50:28 +0000 http://techflaws.wordpress.com/?p=32#comment-1886 Well, I'm glad it worked out and Samsung apparently has gotten it finally right. Well, I’m glad it worked out and Samsung apparently has gotten it finally right.

]]> By: DaRuSsIaMaN http://blog.techflaws.org/2008/07/22/samsung-hd753lj-sata-hdd-750-gb/comment-page-2/#comment-1885 DaRuSsIaMaN Sat, 05 Jun 2010 20:46:50 +0000 http://techflaws.wordpress.com/?p=32#comment-1885 Well I admit I got a bit lazy/impatient and didn't want to record what it said. But it was just some useless stuff. I think part of it said copyright such-and-such year(s). I got the impression it was like that info programs sometimes print at the end after they stop executing like written by so-and-so copyrighted such-and-such year, bla bla bla. And yes, of course I did it from booting off the boot disk. I followed Ken Cowin's instructions. But in any case, immediately after that attempt failed (and after I posted the posts below) I tried the other method, using ESTOOL, as suggested by spodosaurus. It's up to version 3.00g now on Samsung's website, so that's the one I used. And it worked! I installed winxp on it and have been running diagnostics on the drive, using the computer/mobo which did not detect it before. So it seems like Ken Cowin's method is no longer necessary anyway. Using ESTOOL is a little simpler, more straightforward. And it worked for both me and spodosaurus. And it has the settings correct, not backward like in SSpeed. I'm thinking that perhaps the reason SSpeed wasn't working was because my HDD was having issues? I was getting the infamous "a disk read error occurred. Press ctrl alt del to restart" problem. http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/250364-32-solution-disk-read-error-occurred I was getting the error on both my friend's computer, which I used to do this procedure, and on mine at home after it was able to actually detect it. Well I admit I got a bit lazy/impatient and didn’t want to record what it said. But it was just some useless stuff. I think part of it said copyright such-and-such year(s). I got the impression it was like that info programs sometimes print at the end after they stop executing like written by so-and-so copyrighted such-and-such year, bla bla bla.

And yes, of course I did it from booting off the boot disk. I followed Ken Cowin’s instructions.

But in any case, immediately after that attempt failed (and after I posted the posts below) I tried the other method, using ESTOOL, as suggested by spodosaurus. It’s up to version 3.00g now on Samsung’s website, so that’s the one I used. And it worked! I installed winxp on it and have been running diagnostics on the drive, using the computer/mobo which did not detect it before. So it seems like Ken Cowin’s method is no longer necessary anyway. Using ESTOOL is a little simpler, more straightforward. And it worked for both me and spodosaurus. And it has the settings correct, not backward like in SSpeed.

I’m thinking that perhaps the reason SSpeed wasn’t working was because my HDD was having issues? I was getting the infamous “a disk read error occurred. Press ctrl alt del to restart” problem.
http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/250364-32-solution-disk-read-error-occurred
I was getting the error on both my friend’s computer, which I used to do this procedure, and on mine at home after it was able to actually detect it.

]]> By: Marvin http://blog.techflaws.org/2008/07/22/samsung-hd753lj-sata-hdd-750-gb/comment-page-2/#comment-1875 Marvin Thu, 03 Jun 2010 08:40:11 +0000 http://techflaws.wordpress.com/?p=32#comment-1875 Right, and what does that line say? You did run the tool from a boot disk or boot cd and not from inside Windows, right? When I boot from this disk/cd and type 'run', I can select 1. or 2. and choose the latter, setting to 3.0 GB/s which actually sets to 1.5 which I can verify immediately after by firing up ESTool (from another disk or cd) under SET MAX UDMA MODE > Display current mode which is set to Mode 1 (SATA 150). Right, and what does that line say? You did run the tool from a boot disk or boot cd and not from inside Windows, right?

When I boot from this disk/cd and type ‘run’, I can select 1. or 2. and choose the latter, setting to 3.0 GB/s which actually sets to 1.5 which I can verify immediately after by firing up ESTool (from another disk or cd) under SET MAX UDMA MODE > Display current mode which is set to Mode 1 (SATA 150).

]]> By: DaRuSsIaMaN http://blog.techflaws.org/2008/07/22/samsung-hd753lj-sata-hdd-750-gb/comment-page-2/#comment-1874 DaRuSsIaMaN Thu, 03 Jun 2010 06:37:47 +0000 http://techflaws.wordpress.com/?p=32#comment-1874 P.S. Correction, actually. When I said nothing comes up on screen, it actually did spit out one more line of text before finishing and going back to the same DOS prompt. Anyway, no screen with options came up. P.S. Correction, actually. When I said nothing comes up on screen, it actually did spit out one more line of text before finishing and going back to the same DOS prompt. Anyway, no screen with options came up.

]]> By: DaRuSsIaMaN http://blog.techflaws.org/2008/07/22/samsung-hd753lj-sata-hdd-750-gb/comment-page-2/#comment-1873 DaRuSsIaMaN Thu, 03 Jun 2010 06:35:13 +0000 http://techflaws.wordpress.com/?p=32#comment-1873 Ok I finally got around to doing the Ken Cowin method. Why is it not doing anything?? I did everything according to the steps. After I type in "run" after I'm inside the sspeed directory, it spits out some text, sits there for a while, and then *nothing comes up on screen*! It just goes back to the same prompt: "A:\SSPEED>". And that's it. I never got any screen with options to come up. What's going on?? Ok I finally got around to doing the Ken Cowin method. Why is it not doing anything?? I did everything according to the steps. After I type in “run” after I’m inside the sspeed directory, it spits out some text, sits there for a while, and then *nothing comes up on screen*! It just goes back to the same prompt: “A:\SSPEED>”. And that’s it. I never got any screen with options to come up. What’s going on??

]]> By: Marvin http://blog.techflaws.org/2008/07/22/samsung-hd753lj-sata-hdd-750-gb/comment-page-2/#comment-1751 Marvin Sat, 01 May 2010 15:37:02 +0000 http://techflaws.wordpress.com/?p=32#comment-1751 Bruce Schneier? Can't be too difficult to see, I'm simply translating some of his pieces, or is it? Bruce Schneier? Can’t be too difficult to see, I’m simply translating some of his pieces, or is it?

]]> By: Samsung HD753LJ – how to limit SATA mode? http://blog.techflaws.org/2008/07/22/samsung-hd753lj-sata-hdd-750-gb/comment-page-2/#comment-1749 Samsung HD753LJ – how to limit SATA mode? Sat, 01 May 2010 15:02:40 +0000 http://techflaws.wordpress.com/?p=32#comment-1749 [...] found a web page however (http://blog.techflaws.org/2008/07/22/samsung-hd753lj-sata-hdd-750-gb/#comment-235) where Bruce Schneier point to Samsung’s FAQ where a certain SSpeed.zip program can be [...] [...] found a web page however (http://blog.techflaws.org/2008/07/22/samsung-hd753lj-sata-hdd-750-gb/#comment-235) where Bruce Schneier point to Samsung’s FAQ where a certain SSpeed.zip program can be [...]

]]> By: DaRuSsIaMaN http://blog.techflaws.org/2008/07/22/samsung-hd753lj-sata-hdd-750-gb/comment-page-2/#comment-1697 DaRuSsIaMaN Sun, 18 Apr 2010 19:24:06 +0000 http://techflaws.wordpress.com/?p=32#comment-1697 Oh I see it now... oops, sorry, I didn't realize at first there were more comments that needed to be exposed. Was wondering who Ken Cowin was in your main post. Oh I see it now… oops, sorry, I didn’t realize at first there were more comments that needed to be exposed. Was wondering who Ken Cowin was in your main post.

]]> By: Marvin http://blog.techflaws.org/2008/07/22/samsung-hd753lj-sata-hdd-750-gb/comment-page-2/#comment-1692 Marvin Sun, 18 Apr 2010 05:33:08 +0000 http://techflaws.wordpress.com/?p=32#comment-1692 By doing it as Ken Cowin suggested: "set to 3.0 GB in SSpeed instead of 1.5!" Also, why should I know why Samsung has 2 ES Tools? By doing it as Ken Cowin suggested: “set to 3.0 GB in SSpeed instead of 1.5!” Also, why should I know why Samsung has 2 ES Tools?

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