The PC-3000 SSD Software System operates in tandem with one of the three up-to-date hardware platforms – PC-3000 Portable III, PC-3000 Express, or PC-3000 UDMA – and it is intended for SSD repair and diagnosis and for data recovery from SSDs with SATA, PATA, mSATA, M.2, PCIe (NVMe/AHCI), PCIe x16, Apple Macbook interfaces and the capacity from 32 GB to 2 TB produced by different manufacturers, such as OCZ, Corsair, Crucial, RunCore, A-DATA, G.Skill, Micron, Plextor, Intel, Samsung, Seagate, SanDisk, Kingston, and others.
The list of the latest supported SSD models is available on our blog.
The PC-3000 SSD Delivery Package
Delivery kit:
the System’s software, the resource database – 1 Flash drive
User manual – 1 book
The PC-3000 SSD Delivery Packages
for data recovery:
verify and restore the SSD’s service information
read and write the content of the SSD’s ROM
load the microcode into the drive’s RAM
emulate the translator operation in order to get access to user data
view the password and reset the password that was earlier set on an SSD (bypass the ATA security)
turn off background processes in an SSD to prevent data damage
provide direct access to the content of memory chips (it makes unsoldering unnecessary)
work with the Data Extractor
for SSD repair (to recover normal operation):
diagnose an SSD in factory (technological) mode
verify and restore the SSD’s service information
read and write the content of the SSD’s ROM
load the microcode into the drive’s RAM
view the logs of hidden defects (P-page, G-page) 0
perform low-level formatting to hide the discovered defects
change the configuration and identification parameters
reset the logs and S.M.A.R.T. parameters
search for the damaged memory chips
The PC-3000 SSD contains a set of specialized utilities for working with solid-state drives. This set includes the Universal Utility for diagnosing any SSD based on the ATA-8 specification (both currently existing models and those that will be manufactured in future) and the Active Utilities (Special Utilities) intended for working with a particular drive model in factory mode. It enables to deeply diagnose SSDs, to perform service operations, to re-write the drive’s microcode, to get direct access to memory chips, to carry out low-level formatting blocking the damaged cells and placing their addresses into the defect table, and to perform many other useful operations.
The list of Active Utilities of the PC-3000 SSD System is expanded as soon as new SSD models are studied, and it is a continuous process. Those utilities that are currently available allow you to successfully recover data from all contemporary solid-state drives and to resolve the majority of wide-spread SSD problems. Special adapters and connectors for the PC-3000 Portable / Express / UDMA have been added in order to use technological interfaces to diagnose and repair drives.
Breakthrough: M.2 PCIe NVMe SSD Support
With the PC-3000 Portable III Systems, you are now able to recover data not only from SATA-based SSDs but also from the NVMe ones!
The special universal M.2 PCIe NVMe SSD/M.2 SATA SSD adapter included in the delivery kit helps you to diagnose the condition of a drive and extract evidence from healthy and damaged NVMe SSDs. More utilities for different vendors will appear with future updates!
Delivery package options for the System:
The PC-3000 SSD System can be operated via the PC-3000 Express, PC-3000 UDMA-E, or PC-3000 Portable controllers,so there are several delivery options:
Quick Online Access to the PC-3000 SSD
There is no need to wait until the PC-3000 SSD is shipped when you have an urgent SSD recovery case from your important customer.
The PC-3000 SSD software can be available immediately at the day of the payment.
Since the payment is done you will find the following in the Customer Update Box:
the System’s software
the resource database
User manual
Here are the supported ssd drives this package can do.
PC-3000 SSD Systems. The List of Supported SSDs (regularly updated
Hello friends!
The ACE Lab developers constantly research drives, which results in a rapid expansion of the Support List for most of the modern SSDs. So with the PC-3000 Systems that support Solid State Drives, you will always be on the cutting edge of data recovery technology!
The PC-3000 SSD/Ultimate Systems contain one of the following software add-ons:
► PC-3000 SSD (for the PC-3000 Express/UDMA System, software ver.7.0.x) ► PC-3000 SSD Extended (for the PC-3000 Portable III System, software ver.7.0.x)
The PC-3000 SSD Extended is the new software add-on that supports the widest range of SSD types: SATA, mSATA, M.2 SATA, M.2 PCIe NVMe/АHCI, PCIe x16, Apple Macbook, LIF, ZIF, PATA. The PCIe drives are connected via the special adapters from ACE Lab:
MacBookPro A1706/A1708 (2016/2017) PCIe SSD
The current version of the PC-3000 SSD/PC-3000 SSD Extended software is 3.0.3.
When recovering data from Solid State drives you should keep in mind the following:
► You can recover data only if there are no issues with the hardware of an SSD. The CPU, NAND memory chips, and PCB should be in good condition. This means that, when you power on the SSD, the ATA registers should display a status. The drives might be in the BSY state, or they might return the wrong capacity / ID, but they should give a response.
► The PC-3000 SSD/PC-3000 SSD Extended software add-on supports the combination of the Firmware (Manufacturer) and the controller (CPU). Some manufacturers use the same controllers with a different Firmware, with different technological commands so that such drives might be unsupported.
E.g. fully supported Marvell 88SS9174 controllers are used in the Micron, Plextor, and Crucial drives, that all have similar FW. But some of the Lite-on SSDs based on the same 88SS9174 CPU are not supported because their firmware microprogram is completely rewritten by the Lite-on company. At the same time, modern families of Silicon Motion and Phison drives have the default SM22xx and PS31xx platforms which are very similar. So, if you get any drive based on the PS3111 controller, it would also be supported, even if such a model is not present in the Support List.
► Our developers are working hard on adding primarily the most popular drives to the Support List. However, the popularity of the devices may vary depending on the region. Some drives that might be common for your region may be very rare in others. Feel free to contact our Technical Support if you wish to take part in the process and have the means to provide some donor parts for the research.
► If you have an SSD with the File System issues, deleted info, or missed files that is not in the Support List, you can still use your PC-3000 System (with the Data Extractor software) to access data! The PC-3000 SSD/PC-3000 SSD Extended software add-ons are used only for the cases when SSDs have serious issues with internal firmware, translator tables, and other logical issues!
M.2 interface difference – PCIe NVMe M.2 and SATA M.2
► NVMe M.2 supported only by PC-3000 Portable III tool!
► SATA M.2 supported by PC-3000 UDMA-E, Express and Portable III.
The list of supported drives grouped by Utilities:
FamilyModelPCIe SSDs supported by the
PC-3000 Portable III SystemsNVMe Silicon Motion Family:
SM2260
SM2263XT
SM2262ENG
HPH8068
ADATA XPG SX7000VIDEO!HP EX900Lexar NM600Patriot HellfireRadeon R5Transcend MTE110SZion NFP03 (NeoForza)NVMe Phison Family:
PS5007
PS5008
PS5013
Apacer A52280P2Gigabyte GSM2NE8Kingston A1000Kingston KC1000LiteON MU XPatriot Hellfire M2Patriot Scorch M2Smartbuy M8
Smartbuy E13T
Apacer PP3480
Dexp L3
Novation 3D
+ many other PS5007, PS5008 and PS5013-based SSDsNVMe Marvell Family:
88SS1093
WD Black G1
AM6671 / LENSE20xxxMSP34MEAT2TA
AM6672 / LENSE30xxxMSP34MEAT3TA
SATA SSDs supported by the
SM2246XT
P3XV60
SM2236G
SM2246EN
SM2256K
SM2258G
SM2258XT
SM2259XT
CS4341AA(SM2258XT)
H6008 G(SM2258XT)
ARTICLE!
ADATA SP550ADATA SU650 (SM2258XT)ADATA SU800 (SM2258G) VIDEO!AMD Radeon R3 (SM2256K)Apacer AS350 PantherAMD Radeon R5CFast Lexar Professional 3400 (SM2246XT)
CFast AV Pro CFast Card (SM2246EN)
Corsair Force LXCrucial BX100Crucial BX500 (SM2258XT)KingDian S200Kingston SA400S37 (CS4341AA = SM2258XT)KingSpec PA25 (SM2236G)Lite On LCH-256V2S-11ARTICLE!Patriot P200Plextor M6VPlextor S2CPNY CS1111RevuAhn 850XRevuAhn 900T PRORevuAhn 885Sandisk SSD Plus (SM2246XT)Silicon Power Slim S55 (SM2258XT)KingSpec MT-128 (SM2258XT)Silicon Power S55 (SM2259XT)Transcend TS256GSSD360S (P3XV60 =SM2246XT)
Smartbuy Jolt
WD Green (SM2258XT)
KingSpec P3 (SM2259XT)
KingSpec MT-128 (SM2258XT)
+ many other drives based on SM2246EN/XT (except for the Intel modifications which are not supported!) and SM2258XT
PS3105
PS3108
PS3109
PS3110
PS3111
TC58NC1000
TC58NC101068B
CP33238B
AS2258
Transcend 02-3010
ARTICLE!
Corsair Force LSVIDEO!Corsair NovaCrucial V4GOODRAM CX100GOODRAM CX300GOODRAM S400UKingston A400Kingston HyperX SavageKingston SMSM15S3Kingston SSDNow KC400Kingston SSDNow UV300Lite-On MU3OCZ (Toshiba) Trion 100OCZ (Toshiba) Trion 150
Toshiba TR200
Patriot BlastPatriot BlazePatriot SparkQUMO Novation 3D (AS2258)Seagate Fast SSDSeagate One Touch SSDSilicon Power Slim S55 (PS3109)Silicon Power Slim S55 (PS3111)Silicon Power Slim S60Smartbuy FirestoneSmartbuy Ignition 2Smartbuy Ignition 4Smartbuy RevivalSmartbuy Revival 2Smartbuy S11TSmartbuy S9MToshiba Q300+ many other drives based on PS3105/PS3108/PS3109/PS3110/ PS3111/Toshiba TC58NC1000/Kingston CP33238B CPU! Marvell family:
88SS9174
88SS9187
88SS9189
88SS9190
88SS1074
ARTICLE!
Crucial C300Crucial C400Crucial M4Crucial M500 Partial support!*Crucial M550 Partial support!*Crucial MX100 Partial support!*Crucial MX200 Partial support!*Intel 510 Partial support!*Micron C300Micron C400Plextor M3 Pro Partial support!*Plextor M3 Partial support!*Plextor M5 Pro Extreme Partial support!*Plextor M5 Pro Partial support!*Plextor M5S Partial support!*Sandisk Genesis Partial support!*Sandisk SSD Plus (88SS1074 MOD) ARTICLE!Full support!**Sandisk Ultra IIARTICLE!Full support!**Sandisk Ultra Plus Partial support!*Sandisk Vulcan Partial support!*Sandisk X110 (M.2 2260) Partial support!*Sandisk X300 Partial support!*WD BlueARTICLE!Full support!***Except for the BSY state drives
**For Marvell 88SS1074 the Terminal 3 adapter is required! Samsung family:
S3C29MAX01
S3C29RBB01
S4LJ204X01
S4LN021X01
S4LN045X01
S4LN054X02
ARTICLE!
Samsung 470 S3C29MAX01-Y340 CPU based
(including Apple models)Samsung 830 S4LJ204X01-Y040 CPU based
(including Apple models)Samsung 840 S4LN021X01-8030 CPU basedSamsung 840 EvoARTICLE! S4LN045X01-8030 CPU based (including mSATA)Samsung 840 Pro S4LN021X01-8030 CPU basedSamsung 850 Pro S4LN045X01-8030 CPU basedSamsung CM871 S4LN054X02-Y030 CPU basedSamsung MLC S3C29RBB01-YK40 CPU basedSamsung PM810 S3C29MAX01-Y340 CPU based
(mSATA version of 470)Samsung PM830 S4LJ204X01-Y040 CPU basedSamsung PM840 S4LN021X01-8030 CPU basedSamsung PM841 S4LN021X01-8030 CPU basedSamsung PM851ARTICLE! S4LN045X01-8030 CPU based (including mSATA) Indilinx Barefoot family:
IDX110M00
IDX110M01
IDX110M02
ARTICLE!
Corsair Extreme seriesCrucial M225OCZ Solid 2 seriesOCZ Vertex 1+ all other drives based on IDX1xXX CPU!OCZ Barefoot 3 family:
IDX500Mxx
ARTICLE!
AMD Radeon R7OCZ ARC 100OCZ Vector VIDEO!OCZ Vector 150OCZ Vector 180OCZ Vector 480OCZ Vertex 450OCZ Vertex 460OCZ Vertex 460AIntel family:
PC29AS21AA0
ARTICLE!
Intel 320Intel 710Intel X18Intel X25
P.S. We get a lot of questions about the SandForce SSDs. These drives have a very complex internal structure with full hardware encryption of all logical structures. This means that such drives completely encrypt all data in Firmware and in the NAND memory chips. If you try to unsolder the NAND Flash chips from a SandForce-based SSD, you will find that all information is completely encrypted with the AES-256 key. There is no way of getting data from such SSDs at the moment, but we continue our research. Here you may find the model list of the SandForce SF CPU-based SSDs.
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