On Feb 14, 4:16*pm, wrote:
On Thu, 14 Feb 2013 12:03:01 -0800 (PST), "

wrote:
You can still reload the firmware if it did get clobbered.

Maybe. *That would depend on what was left of the
drive firmware. * If there are no smarts at all, seems unlikely that
your going to reload it's firmware through just the standard
interface used by the PC.

Why not?

Because the drive has to have enough of the correct
fimware so that it can recognize the necessary commands,
receive the new firmware, and program it into the drive's
flash. If you wipe out all the firmware on the drive,
it's just a brick.