Hello all, my old Seagate Momentus 500G is crashed, my pc dont saw it in bios, disk well be death i think is it pcb because i saw a gray sludge at the sticks, my question is, i replace old pcb to new one, my disk well be work I need recovery data from that disk. Looks screns, and please tell me

Sorry for my english

What is problem with drive?

100% dead (no spin or noise)?
Spinning and sound OK?
Clicking or buzzing noise?

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Yes, 100% dead

If you are 100% sure it is totally dead (no noise whatsoever) you can try and change PCB but you MUST change ROM chip, it contains info 100% UNIQUE to your drive.

Chip is 8-leg device top left of your photo. They can be difficult to remove and re-solder to new PCB, so be VERY careful. Or get someone with good solder skills to do it for you.

BE AWARE.... IF YOU BREAK THIS CHIP IT IS “GAME OVER” FOR YOU.

ALL THE ABOVE IS AT YOUR OWN RISK, IF DATA IS IMPORTANT TAKE IT TO A PROFESSIONAL DATA RECOVERY COMPANY

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Thanks for info, how much professional company for recive can coust? 500 euro less, more?

If you need someone to transfer the ROM ...

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