I am trying to access the data on a WD3200BEVT-11A03T0 (PCB 701609) with failed PCB. I have a donor working 701609 PCB from the same model drive, but the donor has a different ROM version, and I can't find a ROM that is compatible with the patient drive to get it to initialise properly. It has an embedded ROM, no external chip.

Using the donor PCB/ROM, I can get the drive to a ready state and read all firmware, but the drive shows as 0lba. The modules on the platters which usually contain the ROM modules are all Not Init, so I can't rebuild rom from firmware on the platters.

According to Module 11 the firmware version is 5002B. Does anyone have a ROM version 5002B from a WD3200BEVT-11A03T0 they'd be kind enough to share?

I've searched but I can't find any way to rebuild the ROM.

acelab have a post on rebuild rom.