Hi kryptex,
1. You should check your Inbox ,)
2. Hopefully, I guess, may be.....odditory will post a download-link on the main page.
Thanks a lot ! It is only for the 5k3000 2TB drive. I will summarize here the correspondance between drive model, firmware version, firmware file and dos flash tool for several Hitachi drives to clear up some confusion (list compiled from my own observations, may not be 100% accurate)
Drive................. Firmware........Firmware file.......Dos Flash Tool
7K1000.C_1TB....JP4OA39C.....JP0NB39C.BD......JPDL_SP.exe
7k2000_2TB.......JKAOA3MA....JK0NB3MA.BDX....JKDL_SP.exe
5k3000_2TB.......ML6OA5C0.....ML0NR5C0.BD.....MLDLBRD.exe
5k3000_3TB.......MEAOA800....ME0NR800.BD.....MEDL???.exe <- guess
7K3000_1.5TB....MN5OA580....MN0N?580.BD?....MNDL???.exe <- guess
7k3000_2TB.......MN6OA800....MN0NB800.BD.....MNDLBRD.exe
7k3000_3TB.......MKAOA800....MK0NB800.BD.....MKDLBRD.exe
The last 3 characters in BOTH the FIRMWARE VERSION and FIRMWARE FILE (2nd and 3rd column) represent the firmware version (e.g. 3MA for the 7k2000_2TB drive).
The 1st character represents the drive generation/platter density ?
The 2nd character represents the number of platters/rotational velocity ? (I'm not sure about this...)
P = 2 platters@7200rpm
L = 3 platters@5900rpm
N = 3 platters@7200rpm
E = 5 platters@5900rpm
K = 5 platters@7200rpm
The 3rd character in the FIRMWARE VERSION (2nd column) represents (in hex) the number of heads: 4 for the 7k1000.C drive, 6 for the 5k3000_2TB & 7k3000_2TB, and 5 heads for the 7k3000_1.5TB drive. 7k2000_2TB drive and 5k3000_3TB have 10 heads -> A in hexadecimal.
The 4the character in the FIRMWARE FILE (3rd column) is always N.
The 5th character in the FIRMWARE FILE (3rd column) seems to be B for a 7200 rpm drive and R for a 5900 rpm drive.
Hope this helps,
Cheers.