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Pete C.

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On Thu, 14 Feb 2013 12:03:01 -0800 (PST), "
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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?

I suspect most of the drive firmware is initially loaded via an ICP type
hardware port with a specialty programmer, while firmware updates rely
on the existing firmware being functional to enable the PC side
interface to be used to load a new image. If I'm correct, reloading
firmware on a damaged drive would require the proper programmer hardware
module and software to run it.