Can Seagate SATA PCB be used on PATA Disk

[HDD Spaz]

Hi Guys, I have a Seagate 7200.10 500 GB.

It has fried pcb and seized motor. I have completed platter swap using same model number (but donor a SATA drive so there is an S on the end of the model number). I was wondering If I can use the SATA pcb on the PATA disk if I swap the rom. It would save me buying another drive.

Thanks

[hddguy]

This will not work. I have done tests on this and my results are that this will not work.

I have tested this on 2 working 2.5" MERC2 drive (ST9..23A(s)), 1 SATA 1 PATA, and even with native ROM on, disk does not work if different interface PCB is attached.

I have not tried with barracuda, but I highly doubt it.

Wil be nice to see your findings if you attempt though.

[HDD Spaz]

Thanks for the info. I managed to repair native pcb and get all the data. I will conduct a few tests if I get chance later today.

[BlackST]

Won't work because of different program to handle the different interface(s). Tried on many Barracudas, no joy. Probably you can do something MANUALLY with overlays.... not sure.

[HDD Spaz]

thanks for the confirmation. I suppose its not really worth invesigating as pcbs are not hard to repair and source.