Jidis wrote:
Well, there's
two votes for it then. That sucks.
Still can't believe I actually let this happen. I appreciate everybody's help on it anyhow.
Uhhhmmm .....
Drive most likely is a PINCLITE so most likely do have the same PCB problems as TORNADO drives ( 2061-7014XX PCBs ) so .... PCB swap should be the first thing to try.
Yes, on te majority of cases the drives with the same behaviour as your will have damaged head(s)/pre-amp but if your drive was tied to the PC case with screws i doubth that the movment of the CD would have killed the heads ... Think about laptop drives ... you do move the laptop around and the drives do survive even if you place a working laptop on a table while in use and the shock of it moving to the table, etc would be bigger and the drive would be smaller, etc .... For your particular model and for TORNADO drives as well i ALWAYS start by replacing the PCB ...
Now you do have to deal with embeded ROM on MCU.
If you don't want to start checking if you can buy a replacement PCB you might want to try to get a valid ROM dump from your PCB with free tools.
Get a copy of WDMarvel DEMO (free) and make sure you have a desktop system that can run it (should be 32 bit version of older windows like XP if you don't want to run in signed drivers problems). You should test with a known good WD drive first and you should set BIOS of the system to IDE compatible mode + you should set WDMarvel to IDE/Compatible.
http://www.hddoracle.com/viewtopic.php?f=56&t=2517For WDMarvel :
http://www.hddoracle.com/viewtopic.php?f=146&t=2435Now if you can use WDMarvel in IDE mode just "detect" a known good drive and when you do confirm that it's working it's time to power off the known good drive to replace it with the damaged drive.
When you do so start by shorting points TV9 with TV10 on the PCB using for example a paper clip. Now apply power with the short in place and after some moments remove the short. Plug the SATA cable without removing power and "detect" the drive on the WDMarvel. You should see the family of the drive (mos likely pinclite) and you should be able to go to ROM menu and READ ROM.
If you do manage to READ ROM that way please do post the file (should be very small) so that we can confimr it's valid and working. Now with a valid ROM file you can start looking for a replacement PCB.
If you can't get a ROM file that way there are chances that the PCB is broken. Same as if you get a huge ROM file. If you get a valid ROM there are still chances for the PCB to be broken :
http://www.hddoracle.com/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=1067Your model doeshavethe same problems as the models on the thread.
Now if you can't read ROM no worries as you should be able to adapt ROM later as well if you do get a compatible PCB and if the head(s) and pre-amp are still working.
If you do get to read the ROM you can send the file to someone selling PCB with adaptation service and they can write it back to the new PCB. Or you can do it yourself using WDR DEMO for example to write the content of ROM when you grab the new PCB.
If the new PCB + original ROM still makes the drive just click i would say chances are that the head(s) and/or pre-amp are gone ... Make sure that the PCB is working on the native drive ... better yet instead of a PCB buy a full working drive of the exact same model so that you do know that PCB is working (you can test it on donor drive).
Regards and good luck.
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