Hi
Im new to this board and already read a few threads about swapping PCBs etc.
I have a WD Elements 1.0TB (proprietary USB Micro B connector) with slow response problems it seems.
The symptoms are:
- disk connected to USB / windows recognition sound comes up but the disk won't show up in device manager / disk management or diskpart
- the LED is lighring continuously and not flashing like it should ?!
- after 30-60 seconds you can hear a high pitched beep and the disks spinning up again (no clicking)
- then the disk is recognized by disk management and device manager but as '!not initialized' and with 0bytes size.
I already tried many different USB micro cables / used a Y-cable and used an external power supply (thought it could be a power problem)
I managed it one time that the disk was recognized with it's correct size (even with disk letter assigned) but no partition found but it wasn't possible to start a recovery.. the disk still had this high beep noise after some time and it seemed that it'll take forever to read anything from the drive.
Now I tried to convert the disk from USB to SATA. I removed the capacitors C13, C18, C31, C37 and soldered a SATA cable to E71, E72, E73, E75 and the ground to the disk screws.
But even after removing the capacitors the disk is still recognized via USB so the USB bridge is still active?! Do you guys maybe know if WD changed their design and if it's even possible to do a SATA mod on these disks?
It also has a U12 chip on the PCB and it's model number is -> 2060-771961-001 REV B with a JMS579 chip (if this is important)
I don't know what exactly are my options except sending it in or swapping the PCB with transfer the ICs.. but I'm new to SMD soldering and of course I'd first take the 'easier' method to access the disk.
Thank you so much in advance and have a nice day.
Greetings,
DukeOfDrum
P.S:
What's this silver sticker in a HDD (PCB side) where a Torx screw is under it next to the PCB?
- Attachments
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- Removed the capacitors