WD5000AAJS - capacity 15GB, detected as TORNADO3....

[daniel]

No access to data. Windows is starting very slowly with presence of disk. Disk detected as WDC ROM MODEL-TORNADO3. Trying scan with MHDD (see all "!") and trying to set HPA but no effect. Attached screens of Victoria.

On top cover is written:

WD5000AAJS - 22TKA0
DCM: DHNCNV2AHB
LBA: 976773168

Disk detected at Windows Device Manager after "Scan for nwe devices...". Recognized LBA by Victoria is wrong. How to set good capacity?

Is it translator modules damaged...?

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[HDD Spaz]

firmware is bad or single head failure. beyond your capabilities.

[jono-ats]

Could also be PCB failure, which can mimic bad heads.

[hddinfo]

PCB.

[HDD Spaz]

Bet I'm right

[gtd4242]

I think I've seen more of these come in clicking that ended up being the board than I have the heads being bad, especially the AAJS drives.

[shaun]

Have you investigated any further what exactly was bad on the PCBs?
Would this also be true for AAVS models?