hi ! i have a maxtor maxline plus 2 250gb with a fried logic board F8FYA
the chip smooth L7250E 1.2 is toasted

my question is can i take the logic board from my diamond max 9 80gb that as exactly the same logic board

will it work or if you have any good suggestion cuz i really need the info on the 250gb

thx in advance!!

Hello, this drive is a new drive from Maxtor and I think thta the best thing to do is this :
1- Change the processor ( chip smooth L7250E 1.2 ) of the PCB damage
2- Buy another drive - same model and size - and change the PCB.

PS: The only problem that you can have is if some part inside of your hard disk is damage this will burn the new board.
Also if the original PCB has others problems then the burned processor, change it will not solve the problem.

Nothing is easy, just looks like.

well just my luck! cant find the same hdd with the same logic board looks like maxtor doesnt do the maxline plus 2 250gb with the F8FYA logic board

will the one from my 80gb will at least let me in the drive even if it shows only 80gb i dont mind!

Posted 13/2/2005, 22:38:

thx for your reply cenahum !

Chances of success are high, so you should try. But check motor for short circuit BEFORE you swap the board. If PCB doesn't match f/w in HDA, your drive may perform head knocking or indicate busy state and data will be unreachable. In that case just quickly turn off the power. Usually nothing will be damaged, unless you do something really weird
Good luck.

thx for the advice overdrive! do you have a special way of checking for a short circuit on the motor?

thx again!!

Yes, I have one Measuring the electrical resistance of coils with ohmmeter ought to be enough.

success my freinds!! and guess what! the hdd is seen in windows as a 250gb. everythings there too! up n running for 5 hours now!i have access to everything

so i took the fried logic board off from the maxtor maxline plus 2 250gb manu date: august 03 and replace it with the one from my maxtor diamond max 9 80gb manu date: may 03 witch had the same logic board model and number(F8FYA)

and thats it!

thx to you guys and i hope this will help others!!

Posted 18/2/2005, 01:10:

update:

i cant write or delete but everything is there and working
im waiting for my new hdd to back it up and then ill start the testing
i will share my findings!!

thx!!