wd2500JD-75HBB0 pcb swap help

[sammad]

Hi folks,

I have a wd2500JD-75HBB0 that died on me, stopped working , no warning, nothing. It does not show in the BIOS.
I have replaced the old PCB. I am getting the drive to spin up and down now but am getting 6 clicks repetively.
(4 constant clicks followed by 2 clicks)
FYI-I have not swapped the ROM
Any suggestions? please.

Thank you very much,
sammad

[pcimage]

swap the ROM

[sammad]

Thanks so much for the reply.
Can you give me an idea as to how to do this.
Im not sure what chip it is and how to de-solder/re-solder it.
I have enclosed a picture.

Thank you
sammad

Attachments

[N.C.]

U12

Janos

[sammad]

Hello,

Can you tell me what chip is the U12 please as well as a technique to get it off and back on please. I would greatly appreciate it.

Thank you
sammad

[unknown]

U12 is the 8 Pins IC

[sammad]

Got it! Now I see it. Is there a "best way" to do this. What part do I heat to remove this? The legs? The chip?
Long story short, Im a novice to soldering, however, I will give it my best.

Any help is appreciated. And thanks so much for all the replys!

sammad

[mr_spokk]

Hi, if you not used to soldering I would suggest you to take the Pcb to a eletronic repair shop and ask them to do the change.

Best Regards
Bosse

[pcimage]

Hi, if you not used to soldering I would suggest you to take the Pcb to a eletronic repair shop and ask them to do the change.

Best Regards
Bosse

Agree with Bosse, if you damage the chip while taking it off, it'll make your recovery a lot, lot more difficult!

Where are you based?

[sammad]

I'm in the USA, Pittsburgh Pennsylvania

Thank you
sammad

[unknown]

Just take the PCB to any electronic technician and tell him

to replace the new 8 pins IC on the new PCB with the old one

on the old PCB

[sammad]

I will look for an electronic technician. I will post results.
Thanks for all the post folks!

sammad

[sammad]

The ROM swap worked perfectly. A special thanks to harddrivespecialist who provided the PCB as well as the soldering.
Very honest and dependable work. I would highly recommend his services to anyone, and I would not hesitate going back to him in time of need,

Thank you to everyone who replied to this thread as well.

Sammad

[Cust1981]

Is it necessary to swap the ROM in every case of a PCB swap on a wd2500JD-75HBB0?

[hddmania]

On this model, YES!!!

[r3712]

If you do have right software and hardware you can just read than write flash to working lb. Physically moving chip is in need only if lb doesn't respond to data request. Anyway I"m happy for anyone get data back.