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Amarbir[CDR-Labs]
 Post subject: Re: WD1600AABB - drive is complety dead
PostPosted: May 22nd, 2015, 14:43 
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fzabkar wrote:
andy17d wrote:
I'll check diodes but i think that if diodes would be damaged, the computer would not be turned on.

That depends on whether the corresponding resistor is closed or open. WD's drives have an amazingly stupid design.

Catastrophic failures in Western Digital PCBs:
http://www.hddoracle.com/viewtopic.php? ... 119&p=5033


Well,
i went and read your posting on hddoracle on this subject and i have a few observations to make .I will post this in the research section with a pointer to this post for reference .

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andy17d
 Post subject: Re: WD1600AABB - drive is complety dead
PostPosted: May 27th, 2015, 4:58 
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I've bought donor wd1600aabb-00pua0 (for 9 euro :).
After change PCB to my hdd (wd1600aabb-22pua0), engine has been started (plates are spinning) but drive is detected in bios with empty name and isn't accessible :(
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andy17d
 Post subject: Re: WD1600AABB - drive is complety dead
PostPosted: May 27th, 2015, 8:25 
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Spildit wrote:
Maybe because of ROM ...
You need to adapt the ROM to work with the drive.

Adapt? Is it mean move ROM from old PCB to new?
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andy17d
 Post subject: Re: WD1600AABB - drive is complety dead
PostPosted: May 27th, 2015, 12:05 
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Spildit wrote:
Does the drive clicks or does it makes normal noise ?

Yes, I think that drive after change PCB makes normal noise - the same as donor drive, that works correctly.
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andy17d
 Post subject: Re: WD1600AABB - drive is complety dead
PostPosted: May 27th, 2015, 17:32 
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Spildit wrote:
in any case the sollution is the same, DUMP ROM with firmware tools, check format and rebuild ROM using info on SA with specialized firmware tools.

Could I downloaded that tools from somewhere?
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andy17d
 Post subject: Re: WD1600AABB - drive is complety dead
PostPosted: May 27th, 2015, 17:33 
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Spildit wrote:
Are you willing to pay to get your data recovered ? Are you willing to ship the drive ?

No, I prefer to do it myself, to get satisfaction.
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andy17d
 Post subject: Re: WD1600AABB - drive is complety dead
PostPosted: May 30th, 2015, 5:18 
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Spildit wrote:
You can try to use WDR DEMO to read/write ROM

I am able to read ROM from donor hdd in WDR DEMO.

What is the next step?
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andy17d
 Post subject: Re: WD1600AABB - drive is complety dead
PostPosted: June 1st, 2015, 10:00 
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Spildit wrote:
Download modules from the drive with SeDiv DEMO.

Then you have to find correct Modules (SA) that you download with SeDiv (the ones with the adaptives - copy of Rom modules) and PATCH your ROM file with the correct info on SA to re-build original ROM :) Then you write that to the PCB and you will hopefully have original ROM :)


I ran SeDiv and was able to detect disk. All time I practice on the donor disk.
Where to look for the appropriate option to download the ROM from SA?


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andy17d
 Post subject: Re: WD1600AABB - drive is complety dead
PostPosted: June 1st, 2015, 10:28 
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Spildit wrote:
Try to press "Ok" ?!

Also you want modules from platters on the "samaged" drive so that you can create comaptible/initial ROM with those modules.


I was able to do so have already come but the second screen is black magic :(


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andy17d
 Post subject: Re: WD1600AABB - drive is complety dead
PostPosted: June 1st, 2015, 10:56 
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I have done this and received a folder with multiple *.bin files
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data-medics
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PostPosted: June 1st, 2015, 19:00 
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Mikippp wrote:
Hi,
Search this PCB:
2060-701494-001
2060-701494-002

*You can ignore the drive model and capacity

Mikippp


+1 The 2060-7XXXXX-XXX number is all I ever match on WD PCB's. It'll work after you transfer the ROM.

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fzabkar
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PostPosted: June 1st, 2015, 19:48 
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andy17d wrote:
I have done this and received a folder with multiple *.bin files

IIUC, you are working with the donor PCB on the donor drive, and your resource dump contains the ROM and SA modules of the donor, not the patient. Am I correct, or have you managed to dump the patient's SA modules?

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andy17d
 Post subject: Re: WD1600AABB - drive is complety dead
PostPosted: June 2nd, 2015, 6:14 
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fzabkar wrote:
andy17d wrote:
I have done this and received a folder with multiple *.bin files

IIUC, you are working with the donor PCB on the donor drive, and your resource dump contains the ROM and SA modules of the donor, not the patient. Am I correct, or have you managed to dump the patient's SA modules?

Yes, now I'm working with donor, beacuse I'm testing programs. Next I want to replace PCB and download ROM files from patient.
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andy17d
 Post subject: Re: WD1600AABB - drive is complety dead
PostPosted: June 2nd, 2015, 10:39 
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I moved PCB from donor into the patient disk and tried start computer.
Unfortunately, I get an BSOD at Windows booting :(
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andy17d
 Post subject: Re: WD1600AABB - drive is complety dead
PostPosted: June 5th, 2015, 16:59 
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Spildit wrote:
Time to ship the drive to someone who can recover it ?

I do not give up yet. I'll try the mhdd to get rom from sa.
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andy17d
 Post subject: Re: WD1600AABB - drive is complety dead
PostPosted: June 18th, 2015, 10:38 
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Done! Data recovered!!!
A big thanks for the great help for the user Mikippp.
His advice helped me very much in download SA modules and rebuilding ROM.
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