icetnet wrote:
The fear is that I will transfer the EEPROM to the donor PCB and end up with two completely dead drives. Thus, I am looking for any guidance, success stories, and hints that the theory matches reality and this can be done. So, this is my attempt at doing research ahead of time. I've got a good adjustable solder/desolder station and some 15 year old 'ancient' skills in PCB repair (things were much bigger back then). I'm rusty and I also don't have the testing equipment to verify systems, just some basic test gear.
Everybody comes here saying that 90 years ago they repaired everything with a screwdriver and/or McGyver is a nerd in comparison, some dare and - not because they are good at it, simply they were lucky (In italian we say "hanno avuto culo" = they had a big ass) , the majority end hearing "CRACK! POOF!" seeing and a grey cloud of smoke , or hearing some grinding sound from the HDA and watch their porn and warez... oops, their data turn into dust.
The maximum damage you can face is to make two drives FUBAR, only you know what's inside and what is the value.
Of course, when reading that everyone want to give a try to put hands on HDAs or other things, the idea is that data is nothing important OR people want to learn something at other's expense. But we techies are malicious.
What I still don't get is why many people - keeping goin' on with military slang - after one or more FUBAR, keep experiencing BOHICA. But this is another story. Pathway to success is full of failures.
P.S. for who don't know/understand the acronyms , PM