WD5000AAJB-00YRA0 PCB: 2060-701508-001 HELP PLS

[Kenyth]

Hi there,

I’m a newbie and I’m sorry about my lack of knowledge.

I hope maybe someone can help me with the diagnosis and the solution to fixing my dead Western Digital HDD. Here’s the model details:

MDL: WD5000AAJB - 00YRA0
DATE: 02 Dec 2007
DCM: HHNNNT2MBB
Product of Thailand

Drive Parameters: LBA 976773168 500.0 GB

Logic board PCB: 2060-701508-001 REV A

Here’s the problem: When both the 40-pin ribbon cable and 4-pin power cable is plugged into the drive, then it is completely dead, it doesn’t spin at all. But if I just plug in the 4-pin power cable, the drive seems to spin perfectly fine.

I thought maybe the failure point is at the Firewire Bridge or Controller in my enclosure, so I tried it with another enclosure, but the same thing happens.

Should I try to find a similar logic board and swap it with the existing one? If so, should I replace the new logic board with the existing rom chip?

Any suggestions please? Does anyone know where can I find a similar logic board?

I’m very desperate to get it fix.

Your help is much appreciated. Many thanks.

[drc]

Try plugging it straight into the computer.

[Creator]

I supposed that guy tried to do it or am I idiot? LOL

[Kenyth]

Try plugging it straight into the computer.

Thanks for your reply

I haven’t got a desktop at the moment to directly plug the 40-pin cable into. Do you think it might work? I might try and get my old desktop out of my folk’s garage and try it over the weekend.

Where do you think the problem lies?

[Creator]

The problem is in the controller which is in enclosure (firewire)
You should connect this drive to usual IDE. If this will not work, I can suggest you very good and not expensive data recovery service close to you if the drive won't spins/work via IDE.
PM me.

[drc]

Where do you think the problem lies?

Not necessarily enough information at this point. Plugging it straight into the computer will at least eliminate a possibility. I've not ever run across a drive that spins fine when powered but stops when the cable is plugged in. If it still does that when you plug it straight into the computer I would probably think PCB, but these have adaptive info that will need to be transferred to the new PCB if replacement is required.

[Kenyth]

Many thanks, I will try and get plug it in to a computer or usual IDE first and see how it goes. FingersX

[Kenyth]

Phew....I was lucky. It was a fault with the enclosure's controller (both of them). I went out and brought a new IDE to USB2.0 adapter which plugs directly into the HDD and now its all up and running again.
I'm now going to buy a WD My Book Mirror 2TB to store all my irreplaceable files.

Thanks everyone

[drc]

Make sure it's in mirror mode and not stripe mode.