How to Fix Seagate Smart Reset LED Error Fix

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For many Seagate hard drives, the LED errors output when users try to reset the smart using N1 command under  level 1 within the COM terminal.

The following are some common terminal messages:

Boot 0x40M

Spin Up[0x000065B4][0x00006A20][0x00006E8C]

Trans.

Rst 0x40M
MC Internal LPC Process

Spin Up

(P) SATA Reset

RAW OFF

PASS
Drive AMPS Configuration has been modified from compiled defaults.
Drive must be re-initialized to controller firmware defaults by re-downloading controller firmware
DO NOT SHIP WITHOUT FIRST RE-DOWNLOADING CONTROLLER FIRMWARE OR RESETTING TO DEFAULTS!

MCMainPOR: Start:

Check MCMT Version: Current

MCMainPOR: Non-Init Case

MC Seg Disc and Cache Nodes: 40125B28 40122F00

Seg Write Preamble VBM start: 0000204A end: 00002091

Footer – start: 00002093 end: 000020DA

Seg Read Preamble VBM – start: 000020DC end: 00002123

Footer – start: 00002125 end: 0000216C

MCMainPOR: MCTBufferPtr->Header.MCStateFlagsDisc = 00020001

MCMainPOR: MCTBufferPtr->Header.MCTStateFlags = 0000000A

MCMainPOR: MCStateFlags = 00020001

MCMainPOR: MC off and MCMT empty

MCMainPOR: EXCEPTION: POR Failed General

MCMainPOR: Feature Disabled…

PowerState = IDLE1^z
ASCII Diag mode

F3 T>/1N1

Rst 0x40M

MC Internal LPC Process

Spin Up

LED:000000BD FAddr:00007A86

LED:000000BD FAddr:00007A86

For Dolphin DFL users, it’s super easy to fix this smart reset error, all required to do is just one simple click. Users just go to menu-Common Functions>Common Repair>F3 Smart Fix

After that, users try to reset smart again:

F3 T>/1N1
Clear SMART is completed.
F3 1>
ASCII Diag mode

So the smart is reset successfully.

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