AutoCodesOBDII Code List P0A3F
Repair Difficulty Level: 3/3
  1. Apr 10, 2019 Cisco Bug: CSCua41901 - UCS C220/C240 HDD drive fault critical during raid rebuild or reboot. Drive Slot sensor, Drive Fault was asserted' description.
  2. The Drive 'Drive 5' has been disabled due to a detected fault The Drive 'Drive 5' has been disabled due to a detected fault The Drive 'Drive 5' has been enabled The Drive 'Drive 5' has been enabled Problem is that there is neither a logical or physical Drive 5 on the server. The event seems to happen after a reboot of the server.

P0A3F Possible Causes

Detected

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  • Faulty Drive Motor Generator
  • Drive Motor Generator harness is open or shorted
  • Drive Motor Generator circuit poor electrical connection

First diagnose P0A3F code

    Check the 'Possible Causes' listed above. Visually inspect the related wiring harness and connectors. Check for damaged components and look for broken, bent, pushed out, or corroded terminals.

Cost of diagnosing the P0A3F code

    Labor: 1.0

    The cost of diagnosing the P0A3F code is 1.0 hour of labor. The auto repair labor rates vary by location, your vehicle's make and model, and even your engine type. Most auto repairs shops charge between $75 and $150 per hour.

P0A3F Possible Symptoms

  • Engine Light ON (or Service Engine Soon Warning Light)

P0a3f Description

The drive motor position sensor is monitored by the motor control module. The motor control module monitors the angular position, speed and direction of the drive motor generator rotor based upon the signals of the resolver-type position sensor. The position sensor contains a drive coil, two driven coils and an irregular shaped metallic rotor. The metallic rotor is mechanically attached to the shaft of the drive motor generator. At vehicle ON, the motor control module outputs a 7 volt ac, 10 kHz excitation signal to the drive coil. The drive coil excitation signal creates a magnetic field surrounding the two driven coils and the irregular shaped rotor. The motor control module then monitors the two driven coil circuits for a return signal. The position of the irregular metallic rotor causes the magnetically-induced return signals of the driven coils to vary in size and shape. A comparison of the two driven coils signals allows the motor control module to determine the exact position, speed and direction of the drive motor generator rotor. The position sensor is a non-serviceable part of the drive motor.

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P0A3F Information for specific makes

  • P0A3F BUICKDrive Motor 1 Position Sensor Circuit
  • P0A3F CADILLACDrive Motor 1 Position Sensor Circuit
  • P0A3F CHEVROLETDrive Motor 1 Position Sensor Circuit
  • P0A3F GMCDrive Motor 1 Position Sensor Circuit
  • P0A3F LEXUSDrive Motor 'A' Position Sensor Circuit
  • P0A3F SATURNDrive Motor 1 Position Sensor Circuit
  • P0A3F TOYOTADrive Motor 'A' Position Sensor Circuit

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  1. Overview of Drive Installation and Preparation Tasks
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Avoid the pitfalls and solve many of the problems you may encounter as you prepare a new (or even existing) drive for use. The following covers a hard disk drive, a ZIP Drive, a CD-RW or DVD drive and more.
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PC Help Desk in a Book: The Do-it-Yourself Guide to PC Troubleshooting and Repair

This chapter is from the book

This chapter is from the book

PC Help Desk in a Book: The Do-it-Yourself Guide to PC Troubleshooting and Repair

Overview of Drive Installation and Preparation Tasks

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Troubleshooting Drive Detection Problems

Preparing a Hard Disk for Use

Troubleshooting Booting Problems

Solving UDMA Mode Problems with ATA/IDE Drives

Solving Problems with Writeable CD and DVD Media

Overview of Drive Installation and Preparation Tasks

When you install a new storage device into your computer, you can't just use it until you 'prepare' it for use. A storage device in this case could be anything from a hard disk drive, to a ZIP Drive, to a CD-RW or DVD drive. The process varies based on the specific type of device, but the first step always involves the physical installation and cabling of the drive. For an internal device, this means you must open your PC and mount it in an available drive bay. Whereas an external device is usually a simple matter of connecting a cable or two and ensuring the device has power.

When the physical installation is complete, the next step is to ensure that your PC and Windows can properly identify it. If your computer can't 'see' the device, you can't use it. In the case of a hard, floppy, or optical drive, this means you must ensure that your PC's BIOS can properly identify it. Some removable media devices, such as a ZIP drive, might require only a driver installation in Windows to make it usable.

After the drive is configured, it's time to make sure the same is true of the media it uses. How complicated this process is depends greatly on the type of media for which your device is designed. A hard disk requires much more preparation than a CD-ROM drive, which outside of inserting a disc, requires no media preparation at all. Generally, the process involves some combination of

  • Inserting any necessary media (like a recordable CD in a CD-RW drive; not applicable for hard drives)

  • Partitioning the drive (hard disk only)

  • Formatting the drive's media (this process varies depending on the media type)

Partitioning, Formatting, and File Systems, Oh My!

Partitioning is the process of identifying which portions of a physical hard disk you want to use. You can partition a hard disk as a single drive letter or as two or more drive letters. You can also partition some large (1GB and larger) removable-media drives, but optical drives and small removable-media drives don't require partitioning.

Formatting is the process of dividing up the disk surface into sectors; both hard disks and removable-media disks of any size need to be formatted. The standard Windows format command is used with hard disks and standard floppy disks, while Zip, Superdisk, and other types of removable and optical media are usually formatted with a proprietary program provided by the drive vendor. Rewriteable optical media that will be used for drag-and-drop file copying with programs such as Roxio DirectCD must also be formatted before it can be used. Formatting is not necessary for optical media that will be used with a CD mastering program such as Easy CD Creator or Nero Burning ROM.

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During the format process, the file system is created on the media. The file system determines how efficiently a drive stores information, how large a drive letter can be, and whether special Windows 2000 and Windows XP features such as encryption, enhanced file security, and real-time data compression can be used on the drive.

With Windows 9x/Me, the partitioning and formatting process used separate programs (FDISK and FORMAT), but Windows 2000 and Windows XP use a single Disk Management tool to perform these tasks.

Depending on your level of experience, all this might seem a little basic. However, as simple as the process might seem, there's a whole lot that can go wrong. Cables can be installed incorrectly, the system BIOS might not recognize the drive, the drive's media could be incorrectly formatted or even defective. It's a landscape full of pitfalls! This section helps you solve many of the problems you may encounter as you prepare a new (or even existing) drive for use.

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