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wd3200 Recovery Help

December 30th, 2008, 5:28

Honestly this one was unexpected.
I was doing a favor for a friend and rebuilding their computer. She and I both had wd3200's so I wanted to make sure the OS went on my drive and not hers full of data. I used an external usb device to try and mount and read her drive to make sure I knew which drive was what. Long story short, the usb drive thing blew up part of the circuit board on the drive. I really need to get the data off this drive any help would be much appreciated. Can I just swap out the proper circuit board from another drive? Should I take it to a shop? What will is cost? I would rather do it at home.

Humbly Yours,
Joe
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Notice the darker exploded portion of the board :(

Re: wd3200 Recovery Help

December 30th, 2008, 5:31

The Drive particulars are:

MDL: WD3200JD-22KLB0
Date: 24 MAY 2005
DCM: DSBHCAJCH

The Circuit board is:
2060-701336-003 REV A

Re: wd3200 Recovery Help

December 30th, 2008, 8:38

It's better to ask a pro... Assuming the preamp is not ko, you have to find a suitable pcb and also swap rom. Good luck.

Re: wd3200 Recovery Help

January 2nd, 2009, 16:40

I have this pcb PM me .

Re: wd3200 Recovery Help

January 2nd, 2009, 17:02

I think preamp is dead too
If you going to swap PCBs don't forget to solder original ROM chip onto donor's PCB

Re: wd3200 Recovery Help

January 2nd, 2009, 20:38

Good Morning , Doomer
Just curious if same model & brand HDD swap PCB
also must solder original ROM chip onto donor's PCB ?

This weekend i also gonna swap my wd800
is it alright just swap PCB
didnt solder original ROM chip onto donor's PCB ? tks

Re: wd3200 Recovery Help

January 2nd, 2009, 20:46

mike1998 wrote:Good Morning , Doomer
Just curious if same model & brand HDD swap PCB
also must solder original ROM chip onto donor's PCB ?

This weekend i also gonna swap my wd800
is it alright just swap PCB
didnt solder original ROM chip onto donor's PCB ? tks

you need to solder ROM chip.
First because of ROM revision and second because of adaptives
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