# Seagate F3 Clear SMART # Clears the SMART table on a Seagate F3 drive. # Useful as a standalone step when SMART values show false errors # or when clearing SMART resolves LED:000000BD / FAddr:00009887 # media cache related errors. # Default baud: 38400, 8N1, no flow control. # # Steps: show current SMART, clear SMART, verify # # WARNING: This resets SMART attribute values. Power-on hours, # error counts, and reallocated sector counts will be cleared. # Use for diagnostics, not to conceal genuine drive health issues. echo "============================================" echo " Seagate F3 Clear SMART" echo "============================================" if $gui_mode = 0 serialopen /dev/ttyUSB0 38400 else serialopen endif usleep 200000 echo "Waking terminal (Ctrl+Z)..." serialsend \x1a usleep 500000 echo "--- Terminal Banner ---" buffersize 1024 serialread 1024 printbuffer 0 1024 echo "" echo "Changing to level 1..." serialsend \x2f\x31\x0d usleep 200000 echo "--- Current SMART Values (N5) ---" serialsend \x4e\x35\x0d usleep 500000 buffersize 2048 serialread 2048 printbuffer 0 2048 echo "" echo "=== Clearing SMART (N1) ===" serialsend \x4e\x31\x0d usleep 500000 echo "--- Clear Response ---" serialread 1024 printbuffer 0 1024 echo "" echo "--- SMART After Clear (N5) ---" serialsend \x4e\x35\x0d usleep 500000 buffersize 2048 serialread 2048 printbuffer 0 2048 echo "" echo "Returning to level T..." serialsend \x2f\x54\x0d usleep 200000 echo "" echo "============================================" echo " SMART clear complete." echo "============================================" if $gui_mode = 0 serialclose endif echo "=== Done ===" end