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Cribbyrhymes [ December 5th, 2014, 10:02 ]

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Wd caviar wd1600 not spinning up after pcb and u12 swap

I'm hoping someone can help me. I think I may be at the data recovery company stage but I may be missing something. The hard drive was in an external enclosure and after a pc move to another room I must have accidentally hooked it up to the wrong power supply as I could smell burning and the drive wasn't spinning up. I quickly switched it off and after removing the pcb seen that the u1 chip was fried. After doing some research I purchased a replacement pcb online and I'm sure that all the numbers that need to match do. I then had an electronics shop do the u12 swap. I fitted the new pcb, connected it to the external enclosure and fired it up. Nothing happened, no spin up or noises of any kind. The drive wasn't recognised in windows. I connected it directly to the pc internally but exactly the same outcome. If I hold my ear really close to the drive when it's powered up I can hear a faint buzzing sound and the u6 chip gets really warm very quickly. I have attached pictures of the hard drive, old burnt pcb, new pcb etc. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks

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Author:	labtech [ December 5th, 2014, 13:50 ]
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Use search function with keyword "preamp".

Author:	fzabkar [ December 5th, 2014, 17:31 ]
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Measure the resistances between each pair of motor terminals.

Author:	Cribbyrhymes [ December 5th, 2014, 18:08 ]
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thanks for the reply fzabkar. Sorry for being a complete noob, I can work a multimeter but where are the motor terminals? Would you be able to explain this in more detail for me. Thanks

Author:	data-medics [ December 5th, 2014, 19:23 ]
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Cribbyrhymes wrote: think I may be at the data recovery company stage I agree. I think what Fzabkar is saying is that the drive likely has internal issues, possibly heads stuck to the platters.

Author:	thatdellguy [ December 5th, 2014, 19:51 ]
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What you do to the drive at this current stage will determine its outcome. If you value your data send it to a professional. Whatever you do, don't open the drive. It will only make it worse and more expensive.

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fzabkar [ December 5th, 2014, 20:21 ]

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Cribbyrhymes wrote:

I can work a multimeter but where are the motor terminals?

There are 4 pins connecting the motor to the PCB. The resistance between each pair of terminals on the motor (not on the PCB) should be of the order of 1 - 2 ohms.

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If the motor is OK, then you may have a stiction fault.

Head stiction video by Waqas Ali:
http://www.mediafire.com/download/cvo59 ... k_head.zip

Waqas Ali is a SalvationData trainer:
http://www.alexsoft.org/viewtopic.php?f=88&t=622&p=1671

Of course he would normally perform the procedure in a cleanroom or clean chamber, and he would be wearing gloves.

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Author:	Cribbyrhymes [ December 8th, 2014, 18:34 ]
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Ive measured the resistance across the motor terminals on the HDD with the following results 1-2 = .001 1-3 = .001 1-4 = .001 2-3 = .002 2-4 = .002 3-4 = .002 Does this mean that the motor is broken?

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