Maxtor D740X-6L - matching donor

[jag17]

Hi

I am looking for a matching donor drive for the following

Maxtor D740X-6L 40GB IDE 3.5" Disk
QTLA: VQ40A011-01-B
MAXTOR P/N: MX6L040J2
P/N1: SG-07J378-12547-21J-11T5
REV: A00
P/N: 253454-001
P/N3:11S24P3662ZJ1JN260G4GD
FRU: 19K1568
CONTROLLER CHIP: 13-126576-03
MOTOR CHIP: L6279 V2.4

Please let me know what needs to be matched for a donor drive. Thanks your help

Cheers
-Jag

[granaryloaf]

What is the problem with the drive? What part do you need?

[BlackST]

If you are trying head swap, forget it or get 20, 30 and even 50 suitable donors, 'maybe' some will work. Or you have to deal with adaptives - took me 1 year to understand how it was ...

[jono-ats]

If you are trying head swap, forget it or get 20, 30 and even 50 suitable donors, 'maybe' some will work. Or you have to deal with adaptives - took me 1 year to understand how it was ...

Call me impatient, I guess. I don't think I would have wasted 5 drives trying; there's no way I would have sacrificed 10 or 20 in the course of doing a recovery. What data could be worth all of that trouble and expense (except perhaps national secrets, crime evidence, etc.?)

What would compel someone to use 10-20 drives on a project, if they were not getting incremental success? I'm just trying to understand a very different weltanschauung . . .

Jono

[beto]

This is a Maxtor /Quantum Technology, if u are planning did hot swap, led blinks, " knocks knocks spindle change revolution speed and knocks again", forget it , its not so easy on this old series, send it to a professional DR guy

Regards

[DR-Kiev]

If you are trying head swap, forget it or get 20, 30 and even 50 suitable donors, 'maybe' some will work. Or you have to deal with adaptives - took me 1 year to understand how it was ...

I agree, heads swap will not help .
Begin with freezing and finish with replacing preamplifier. In 70% of cases worked.

[BlackST]

@dr-kiev,

the problem is when preamp is good and the head is/are weak or broken...
I have a solution for it, but this kind of drives are rather old so only when data is needed "at every cost" it would be convenient.

@jono,

well, sometimes patience (and something else) gives unpredictable satisfactions (and $$$).

[pepe]

I usually use one MHA to recover these. U need to know the trick...
I can help with this drive on a reasonable price I think.

pepe

[BlackST]

Think... I don't even use MHA if head is just "weak" - until a certain limit -

[DR-Kiev]

U need to know the trick...
pepe

Is it work for 80Gb Maxtors D740X , drives?

[pepe]

yes.

[coffeebean]

..... - took me 1 year to understand how it was ...

[Logical]

Afternoon all.

It seems I have been lucky and have not needed to post recently, however never say never

Currently I am scratching my head after a client brought in a Maxtor D740X-6L. I Purchased a donor matching the criteria from donor drives and even they have confirmed that it should work. (client had plugged in wrong power supply to two drives. I managed to recover the other unrelated external drive. PCB Diode issue)

The drive simply spins up, no clicks or other untoward noises.

Light being shed on this would certainly be appreciated. Thoughts anyone. What am I missing?

Oh and just to keep everyone updated I have managed to recover 2 more seized spindles with HDD Surgery's Spindle release tools and also managed 1 more stiction issue.

Just need more time playing with PC3K tho

As always, thanks in advance re that above.

Best

Logical.

[Logical]

Just a quick update, now have the drive going into a ready state in PC3k but not able to do anything further with it.

Keep you all posted on any further findings.

Best

Logical.

[Logical]

Still scratching my head with this one when PC3K is free.

Would anyone be able to assist with team viewer?

If you could be so kind as to let me know if you think its possible and what you would take to assist.

Kind regards

Logical.

[SAjunky]

Still scratching my head with this one when PC3K is free.

Is PC3K free, really?

[labtech]

Still scratching my head with this one when PC3K is free.

Is PC3K free, really?

Probably meant "not in use" or "not occupied" with other drives, as PC3K will more than likely never be free.

[indhay]

confuse

[labtech]

confuse

[Logical]

LOL, Just meant that PC3K was in use cloning another drive...and as you all know it is far from free.

Anyway, after some help from a PM and PC3K remote support, I managed to get the drive to the stage where it would try and read sectors but started constantly clicking. Powered off and resigned myself to the fact that this is most likely a head swap and beyond me on this model at the moment.

Appreciate you help gurus.

all the best

Logical.