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Forum: Conventional hard drives Topic: [Diagnosis Help] Seagate ST3000DM001 - PCB Power issue |
| ora |
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Posted: July 22nd, 2026, 19:54
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| ... so I can't help with measurements on a working board. Since this problem is observed in the circuit ... a similar problem, but with a very old Western Digital hard drive. In 2024, one of its heads failed, and ... |
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Forum: Conventional hard drives Topic: Clunking 500GB Western Digital Drive |
| ora |
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Posted: July 5th, 2026, 18:09
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Replies: 5
Views: 7096
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| The only thing I'd try as a last resort is removing the control board and cleaning the contacts leading to the head assembly. After 16 years of not using it, I'm almost certain they've become heavily oxidized and have poor contact, which could also cause ... |
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Forum: Conventional hard drives Topic: Clunking 500GB Western Digital Drive |
| ANYC3 |
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Posted: July 1st, 2026, 14:31
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Replies: 5
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| At least replace original board with donor board. replace the original rom on donor board. |
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Forum: Conventional hard drives Topic: No spin WD 6400AAKS |
| ora |
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Posted: April 10th, 2026, 21:30
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Replies: 12
Views: 4587
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| ... 10 on your computer and switch the motherboard's SATA controller to IDE compatibility mode. ... Now for the most important thing: for some Western Digital hard drives, you can only flash the board using ... |
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Forum: Conventional hard drives Topic: 2TB Hitachi Ultrastar A7K2000 no spin |
| ora |
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Posted: March 9th, 2026, 17:19
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Replies: 6
Views: 1731
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| ... the voltage stays at around 0.1 volts. The board behaves this way regardless of whether it's ... action before, so I took a nearly 20-year-old Western Digital hard drive, whose sticker indicated that the appropriate ... |
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Forum: Conventional hard drives Topic: WD40EDAZ-11SLVB0 no spin PCB swap doesn't fix. What next? |
| chrispitt76 |
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Posted: December 16th, 2025, 22:50
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Replies: 7
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| WD40EDAZ-11SLVB0 WX32D5 Western Digital MyBook damaged by water and/or power surge. 1 cup of ... gets hot first and is the hottest thing on the board 2. Chip under it SEC 122 K4B2G16 46F BYMA YEC19112C gets ... |
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Forum: Conventional hard drives Topic: Western Digital HUS726T6TALE604 not spinning |
| Flagoss |
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Posted: October 8th, 2025, 11:31
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Replies: 4
Views: 1270
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| ... was shutting down every 10 or 15min. The failure seem to have hit 6 of my 8 drives. The drives are not spinning anymore. They all have the same board like in the picture. They all have a identical fault. What is weird is that the two surviving drives are more recent with pcb made in Taiwan and ... |
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Forum: Conventional hard drives Topic: Western Digital WD10EADS-11M - trying to recover lost files |
| Arisotura |
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Posted: September 30th, 2025, 6:35
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| Hello there! So I have a Western Digital WD10EADS-11M hard drive, which was used as an external ... help to access the drive directly instead of having a USB board inbetween. Fun fact, said USB board applies encryption ... |
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Forum: Conventional hard drives Topic: Western Digital WD1500ADFD - Spins Up, No Detection in BIOS |
| simbin |
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Posted: September 29th, 2025, 14:11
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Replies: 16
Views: 2652
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| ... MCU or another chip was already toast. Is it even worth getting a chip clip and programmer to dump the U12 BIOS and transfer it to the replacement board as a donor? It’d save me about a week’s worth of setup and config, but it’s not the end of the world. I've been meaning to pick up a programmer ... |
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Forum: Conventional hard drives Topic: Deleted data on USB WD SMR drive with T2? |
| beefstrudel |
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Posted: June 24th, 2025, 10:09
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Replies: 2
Views: 926
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| ... T2 following this: https://blog.acelab.eu.com/western-digital-smr-formatted-drive-solution.html With USB drives ... I've unlocked the ROM and have converted the USB board to SATA using the original board. Am I missing something ... |
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Forum: Conventional hard drives Topic: Request : BoardView for WD PCB 2060-800041-003 REV P1 |
| zizsobhi2025 |
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Posted: June 10th, 2025, 12:57
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Replies: 4
Views: 1743
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| ... for a BoardView or schematic file for a Western Digital PCB with the following part number: 2060-800041-003 REV P1 The board is from a WD USB external hard drive, and I'm trying to either ... |
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Forum: Conventional hard drives Topic: WD10JMVW-11AJGS1 - Not Recognised |
| Jeremillison |
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Posted: March 18th, 2025, 4:10
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Replies: 5
Views: 4141
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| ... to get confirmation of the options for a Western Digital hard drive a friend asked if I could have a look ... If you need to solder anyway, why not use the existing board and reduce the risk of damaging the chips U12 and ... |
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Forum: Conventional hard drives Topic: WD10JMVW-11AJGS1 - Not Recognised |
| cheeee |
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Posted: March 17th, 2025, 8:07
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Replies: 5
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| ... to get confirmation of the options for a Western Digital hard drive a friend asked if I could have a look ... If you need to solder anyway, why not use the existing board and reduce the risk of damaging the chips U12 and ... |
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Forum: Conventional hard drives Topic: Compatible SATA PCB for WD 2060-810035-000 REV P0 |
| melvin |
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Posted: February 25th, 2025, 7:23
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Replies: 11
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siamak5561 wrote: melvin wrote: https://blog.acelab.eu.com/pc-3000-hdd-how-to-solder-a-sata-adapter-to-the-usb-western-digital-drive.html Thanks is there any guide specific for board 800067 ?
They all are made the same way. Unsolder 4 capacitors from USB bridge and solder SATA. That's all. |
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Forum: Conventional hard drives Topic: Compatible SATA PCB for WD 2060-810035-000 REV P0 |
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Posted: February 25th, 2025, 4:23
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melvin wrote: https://blog.acelab.eu.com/pc-3000-hdd-how-to-solder-a-sata-adapter-to-the-usb-western-digital-drive.html
Thanks is there any guide specific for board 800067 ? |
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Forum: Conventional hard drives Topic: western digital PCB repair SATA FUSE .. help me to clarify |
| Data-Salvage |
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Posted: January 16th, 2025, 22:03
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Replies: 25
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| ... corresponding supply is shorted to ground. thank you for your time responding Sir.i cant thank you enough iv swapped the e-fuse from healthy donor board! the e-fuse of broken board work fine on donor board Sir may the smooth chip? |
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Forum: Conventional hard drives Topic: western digital PCB repair SATA FUSE .. help me to clarify |
| Data-Salvage |
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Posted: January 15th, 2025, 9:37
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Replies: 25
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| Well, all hope is on Frank... If your qualifications allow, you can measure the voltages after the converters on the board yourself. Judging by the lack of current at 12V, the spinner chip burned out. But not 100%. If yes, there is a high probability of damage to the preamplifier. ... |
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Forum: Conventional hard drives Topic: western digital PCB repair SATA FUSE .. help me to clarify |
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Posted: January 15th, 2025, 9:19
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Well, all hope is on Frank...
If your qualifications allow, you can measure the voltages after the converters on the board yourself.
Judging by the lack of current at 12V, the spinner chip burned out. But not 100%.
If yes, there is a high probability of damage to the preamplifier. |
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Forum: Conventional hard drives Topic: Pinout of the 12 pin connector WD5000BMVW-11AMCS0 HDD |
| albyz |
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Posted: November 15th, 2024, 13:14
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Replies: 2
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| Hi, the SATA connector on my 2010 Western Digital WD5000BMVW-11AMCS0 HDD has de-soldered from the controller board. Before I try to re-solder it (not an easy task), could you please ... |
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Forum: Conventional hard drives Topic: Western Digital WD 60EZAZ not recognized by BIOS |
| seergio |
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Posted: September 5th, 2024, 12:49
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Replies: 20
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| Today I've received the replacement PCB. I have desoldered the three chips from the donor board and then put them on the replacement board. PCB photo_2024-08-22_21-27-36.jpg Now the disk appears on BIOS and spins when I put it on the PC. Also is recognised by test disk ... |
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