Data recovery and disk repair questions and discussions related to old-fashioned SATA, SAS, SCSI, IDE, MFM hard drives - any type of storage device that has moving parts
April 12th, 2011, 15:50
Swap the PCB board. Where is the firmware?
April 12th, 2011, 16:33
You need to be a bit more specific about your problem and your needs.
April 13th, 2011, 3:23
QualitySamsung wrote:Swap the PCB board. Where is the firmware?
PCB burned some of the diodes (or how they are called) out. When I swap the PCB, I have to take the old firmware. Where is the PCB board firmware? Can I replace the diodes, or do I need to change the PCB?
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April 13th, 2011, 3:41
You can start by replacing diodes, as copying the FW on those is not so easy as that.
April 16th, 2011, 4:45
Measure the TVS diodes and zero-ohm resistors. Use a digital multimeter set to the 200 ohms range. If the damage was restricted to these components, then you won't need a replacement PCB. A DIY repair should cost you nothing.
April 16th, 2011, 8:27
TVS Diode next to the burnt area must be faulty.
Also check the resister marked 000 for open.
If open replace it
May 13th, 2011, 16:12
Two shows a zero-ohm 005, and the third did not show anything. TV diodes are also black (which is located next to the place burned)? Either do not show anything. Can the information which the diode to buy?
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May 14th, 2011, 3:03
Be more specific or mark them and upload the image which one shows zero and which one doesn't
May 15th, 2011, 10:39
If the "red" zero-ohm resistor is open circuit, then one would expect that the 12V TVS diode would be shorted.
I would remove the 12V diode (nearest the SDRAM chip), and bridge the resistor with a wire link between the adjacent cross-shaped pads. Better still, replace the diode with an SMBJ12A or equivalent, and add a 2A picofuse or smt fuse between the resistor pads.
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