toshiba 2.5 inch notebook

[crecomp]

Hi all

i have a drive that is a mk1034GSX 100gb with a clicking sound and wont become ready, i dont think the pc3000 fully supports this drive .

i have a donor drive that is a mk1032GSX 100Gb, same interfaces, same country of manufacture

does anyone know the difference between the 1032 and 1034gsx and whether parts are interchangable on this model

thank you

[msurgeon]

My guess is that if upon visual inspection of the heads they appear identical then you're probably safe in assuming they'll work.

[pcimage]

agree

[pepe]

leave some feedback if u tried it, pls.

pepe

[crecomp]

After head swap it still didn't work, issue was tracked down to a faulty board
I did a board swap from mk8034 drive from same family and the drive becomes ready but has wrong adapatives to it so will need yo move bga over to donor board

the mk1032 and mk1034 are different families
has anyone had good success with moving bga chips on these drives and can they share any thoughts on the process

thankyou

[CK]

major pain in the ass. Unless you have the required equipment and skills, I suggest you outsource the BGA swap to an electronics specialist. Based on the relatively low number of such transplants that we need to do, we use a local specialist who has the correct setup, including x-rays which they send us to confirm the balling was successful.

[crecomp]

Thx for answer.
I have a high end infrared rework station but have not done a bga chip yet
other types with pins exposed not an issue. I have some spare boards to playwith for bga so may give them a go and see how it goes and if no luck then will look to outsource
thx for replied

[z007]

i think disk head can do replacement! but PCB need to try ,need repalace ROM chip or DSP chip!

bettween 32 and 34 diferent in buffer !