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MasterT
 Post subject: Samsung HD321LJ Donor
PostPosted: March 21st, 2019, 6:48 
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Hi,

I'm looking for a long time (about a year) for a donor for this drive but cannot find one.

HD321LJ does not seem to show up.

Does anybody know of any cross compatible drives for this one?

Thanks.


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shahij
 Post subject: Re: Samsung HD321LJ Donor
PostPosted: March 21st, 2019, 10:00 
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I might have DONOR in stock

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 Post subject: Re: Samsung HD321LJ Donor
PostPosted: March 21st, 2019, 10:58 
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Try using a HD501LJ instead. Yours was probably intended to be a 500Gb in the first place and was downgraded when one platter surface was no good. Even if you did find another HD321LJ it might be missing a different head than yours. So you should be buying the 500Gb version anyway. That way you're guaranteed to get all heads.

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MasterT
 Post subject: Re: Samsung HD321LJ Donor
PostPosted: March 21st, 2019, 12:36 
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data-medics wrote:
Try using a HD501LJ instead. Yours was probably intended to be a 500Gb in the first place and was downgraded when one platter surface was no good. Even if you did find another HD321LJ it might be missing a different head than yours. So you should be buying the 500Gb version anyway. That way you're guaranteed to get all heads.


Thanks for the tip. I found a couple of HD501LJ. In a few days I'll come back with a result.
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MasterT
 Post subject: Re: Samsung HD321LJ Donor
PostPosted: March 28th, 2019, 5:51 
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I made the swap with heads from an HD501LJ I found online.

Drive starts ok, no strange sounds, don't spin down, even gets ready.

If i try Read ID, or any user sector gets BSY.

Terminal looks like this:

SPW 3.0G LinkOk!SpnOk
spd: 0000 0000 0000
ADC: 0006
DAC: A393
H: +00000

Any advice ?
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rej0088
 Post subject: Re: Samsung HD321LJ Donor
PostPosted: March 28th, 2019, 7:05 
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Must be media problems (bad sectors)
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 Post subject: Re: Samsung HD321LJ Donor
PostPosted: March 28th, 2019, 10:02 
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Have you checked the preamp version between both?

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MasterT
 Post subject: Re: Samsung HD321LJ Donor
PostPosted: March 28th, 2019, 12:51 
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Case closed. Donor heads put back in Original drive do not work anymore.

It seems media damage is too great for any chance of recovery.
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