Suitable donor for seagate drive

[crecomp]

hi all i have a St3320620as drive with faulty heads
i have a very close match but the firmware is 1 letter out as below

i am wondering if this donor i have will be suitable for this job. i know it needs to match firmware and manufacture country but am not too sure if this minor change is going to be relevant or not.

or will i also need to move rom chip along with heads in this case


thx

Patient drive

ST3320620AS
Pn 98J04G-307
Firmware 3.AAF
Site code TK

HM HM HM HM Reset
4096k x 32 DRAM
GALAXY - 1_Disk S-6D 09-22-06_15:48
HM SFI
!
(P)PATA Reset
$HM HM HM HM HM




Donor drive 1


ST3320620AS
Pn 98J04G-305
Firmware 3.AAD
Site code TK

Reset
4096k x 32 DRAM
GALAXY2D - 1_Disk S-6B 06-29-06_12:30
HM SFI
!
(P)PATA Reset
Master

[dobrevjetser]

I've allready used heads from different PN and FW versions and sometimes it works.
You could try.

Dobre

[pcimage]

No need to match PN, fw or country, there's an easier way

Sean

[cryoborgofthevenus]

[crecomp]

And would sean be able or willing to share this merhod or info with us or via pm?

Thx

[pcimage]

I don't know who you are, there's no details in your profile.

I ain't sharing with every Tom Dick or Harry

[crecomp]

Hi pcimage
I'm neither tom dick or harry so I think you should be ok for sharing info with me

Seriously I am located in Australia have all the proper tools and do offer data recovery and not as a fly by night company we have been in our business for about 14 years

I am generally able to solve my problems and work things out alone but tend to ask when someone may have done it before so would be grateful if you could pm your answer

I respect those who keep things to themselves as I know they have done extra work to find it out

Thankyou
Ari

[pcimage]

pm me when you have both drives apart, so i can tell you what to look for.

[crecomp]

Hi pcimage will do on Monday when back at work
Thankyou