Well, a few months ago I posted this viewtopic.php?t=26728&p=183084 Last week doing some cleaning I founded this HDD, so I decided to find a way to fix it to get it into my laptop. I founded on eBay a PCB same model (WD3200BEVT-08A23) and board (2060-771672-004) number, I had been doing some research and read that you have to swap BIOS IC from old to new board. This is a pic I uploaded from the BIOS from my HDD http://i1199.photobucket.com/albums/aa4 ... 35cfef.jpg If I replace this IC on new board, will it work? I mean because I screwed my FW with HDDHACKR, or does the BIOS IC remain intact? hope you can help me!

No, it won't work. HDDHackr has rewritten firmware module #02 in the System Area (SA) on the platters. HDDHackr also modifies firmware module #0D in the "BIOS IC", but this doesn't always pose a problem, AFAICT.

You could possibly get access to the SA using tools such as WDR or WDMarvel. If so, then you would retrieve MOD 802F, if it exists, and use it to rebuild MOD 02.

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