AWESOME. Thank you very very much for taking the time to write and help. I will try those ideas...
Hola DDrecoveryThe motherboard was actually already used with this system by one of my former techs. I just don't know what model it is exactly - but I'll get that info later and post it.
LukeThanks, yeah, I think I did a good job cutting pins 1 and 2 - according to the manual... but maybe it's JUST pin 1? Im pretty sure it's 1+2... however, what you're saying about starting the drive first? beyond F11 ? Or do you mean power it via the power cable - then ... hot-connect the device to the data cable?
Thank you both!
Regardless of what happens...
I had (maybe mistakenly?) thought that it'd be wise to have a second, low cost imaging tool that I could use for older drives when more pernicious problems were occupying the DDI4.
Maybe if you guys rank the order of efficacy the following products..?
DDI4
DDI3
RapidSpar (took me a while to get the hang of it but it's pretty good and will get better).
Atola network v.3
Atola imager (current model, but the light version).
MRT Ultra
Should I just sell off the DDI 3? Or is