nicoalbrecht wrote:
I have no issues here copying rom over etc... but before I swap heads and it doesn't work they will argue i fucked it up and i cant return it.
Given that it's well over a year off on the manufacture date, and the DCM doesn't match, I'd say it's like a 30% chance it'll work. Unfortunately, spending money on donors that don't work out is all part of this business. I probably ruin three of four drives in a typical week that don't turn out to be compatible. Sometimes it's because the case is an emergency and I've having to try drives that only "might" work, other times they should be compatible and just arent. I alway bill my client for the first donor, but I've averaged the price of a second one into my pricing tiers so I don't lose money if the first one doesn't work out.
This is why you can't do legitimate data recovery work for peanuts. You've got to bill a fair amount or you'll end up losing money.