Swapping a PCB. What do I need to know?

[jgates0923]

Hello everyone,

Recently, my hard drive has stopped being recognized by my computer. I opened it up and found that the PCB is broken. I'm not sure how that happened..... I have some pretty important information on my HDD, but not nearly important enough to spend 500-1000 dollars online for fancy data recovery. I looked into swapping PCB's, after a bit of research I found this forum. I read the rules and the FAQ's and even did a search for my question, but I'm still a bit confused and looking for expert help.

My HDD is a Toshiba MK2552GSX HDD2H02 C ZK01 S.

I guess my question is, which of those numbers are important when picking a PCB? I found so many PCBs that look exactly the same as mine but have different numbers here and there. Will those still work? Thanks so much for any insight you can provide, it is greatly appreciated.

[drc]

Hello everyone,

Recently, my hard drive has stopped being recognized by my computer. I opened it up and found that the PCB is broken. I'm not sure how that happened..... I have some pretty important information on my HDD, but not nearly important enough to spend 500-1000 dollars online for fancy data recovery. I looked into swapping PCB's, after a bit of research I found this forum. I read the rules and the FAQ's and even did a search for my question, but I'm still a bit confused and looking for expert help.

My HDD is a Toshiba MK2552GSX HDD2H02 C ZK01 S.

I guess my question is, which of those numbers are important when picking a PCB? I found so many PCBs that look exactly the same as mine but have different numbers here and there. Will those still work? Thanks so much for any insight you can provide, it is greatly appreciated.

Won't work.

[jgates0923]

Would you mind elaborating?

[fzabkar]

Does your drive spin up? If so, then the problem is most likely internal.

Otherwise, if your PCB looks like this ...

download/file.php?id=2813&mode=view

... then check the fuse near the +5V pins at the SATA power connector. It should be marked with either an N (2A) or S (4A).

If you need to replace the board, then you will need to transfer the 8-pin chip at IC602, or its contents, from patient to donor. This IC stores unique, drive specific information.

[drc]

Would you mind elaborating?

Yes. You can thank the people who have decided that leeching info is all this forum is good for.

[jgates0923]

Thanks fzabkar. I really appreciate the help.

p.s.- drc. Forums are here for help finding answers. "Leeching info", as you called it, doesn't apply when someone spends the appropriate time trying to find the answers themselves.

[Alexii]

Afaik toshibas differ from other drives in a way that the adaptive info on PCB play a bigger role than on the other drives.