PCB swap on IBM DeskStar 40GB (IC35L040AVER07-0)

[Demus]

I have an old IBM DeskStar 40GB hard drive that died on me. Model: IC35L040AVER07-0

Is a PCB swap possible for this model? I do know newer models require transfer of the NVRAM, is that the case with these older drives as well?

I believe the problem with the drive is PCB related, although I am not sure. Symptoms:

- Drive spins up normally
- Detected in BIOS - Capacity detected as 32254GB (should be ~38146MB)
- Only first 480MB accessible, trying to access anything beyond the first 480MB gives an immediate error.
- Partition information intact
- Boot sector intact
- Partition refuses to mount (I'm assuming this is due to the inability to access beyond the first 480MB of the drive)

[BlackST]

It is not the pcb most probably.

[Demus]

Any idea where the problem is then?