WTB - WD5000AAJS

[cpuhost]

WD5000AAJS-32YFA0
HHNCHT2AHB
August 2007

Circuit Board #

2061-701477-100 04p XT 40U05 4L0B 1 0002040 8 042

Chassis: WC AS8
0500 3698

I'm looking for a recovery house that has donor parts for this drive. I'm looking to have it recovered.
If you have this drive, please contact me asap for pricing/etc.

Circuit Boards voltage regulators and TVS diodes meter out at correct voltages and drive does typical
3 spin up and spin downs. I'm assuming SA or Heads.

Thanks

[harddrivespecialist]

I'm looking for a recovery house that has donor parts for this drive. I'm looking to have it recovered.
If you have this drive, please contact me asap for pricing/etc.

Are you looking to buy parts or you are looking for service?

[cpuhost]

I'm looking for someone with parts in order to perform the repair.

If they don't have the parts (heads/board etc) then I'm not wasting my time sending it in for diagnostics unless they
have the parts to repair the issue.

I believe its a firmware/board issue and or SA rebuild. BUT. In the event of a headswap and or SA/Rom Rebuild I want to ensure i have the best possible chances for a recovery and would like to ensure that whom im sending it out to can perform the service without having to source parts putting me into the never ending search and waiting game.

(I've sent hundreds of drives before to may other DR houses, but recently i've been given the run around with many vendors about parts/sourcing.)

./02 cents

[networks]

The user jono-ats on this Forum who is in Atlanta is a great guy to work with. His company is Data Savers give him a ring. I have outsourced drives to his company they are very responsive and professional.

[dmarques]

I can recommend him also.

[cpuhost]

an FYI, this was from an external enclosure and winhex does not read any information from the drive.

Here is a pic of the circuit board.

[cpuhost]

This drive came from an external enclosure and randomly disappeared from the computer it was working on.

Checked it on my computer, appears to show device via USB but no filesystem and or no way to access drive.

http://i.imgur.com/mcaMZ.jpg

It appears to have the encryption chip.

[networks]

WOW this story gets better and better with each post. Does the drive spin up ? Does it make any sounds ? The picture is hard to make out the chip numbers can you re-take with more light ? What is the model of the WD external Enclosure as best I can tell you have given the information on the hard drive itself. If this has the encryption and the controller is bad on the external enclosure game over.

[harddrivespecialist]

Computer will show a USB device connected to a computer regardless if drive is functional or not.

[jono-ats]

The data on this drive is encrypted and requires the adapter, which contains the encryption / decryption circuit.

We're WD authorized, have good inventory, and would be glad to assist.

Jon

[fzabkar]

This drive came from an external enclosure and randomly disappeared from the computer it was working on.

Checked it on my computer, appears to show device via USB but no filesystem and or no way to access drive.

http://i.imgur.com/mcaMZ.jpg

It appears to have the encryption chip.

Just buy the same external product and swap the USB-SATA bridge board. Many users at WD's forums are reporting physical connection issues with the micro-USB connector.