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flash rom to swap on 7200.12

June 1st, 2011, 7:43

Anyone know if 7200.12 series has got flash rom on pcb?
the original pcb is burnt.
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Re: flash rom to swap on 7200.12

June 1st, 2011, 7:49

get ur self a donor pcb

2nd. as one of my close friends (seagate expert) told me once, Follow the White Rabbit..
you should find 2 identical chips in ur pcb, one of them is the ROM, need to find it ur self
and move it to donor PCB

good luck

Re: flash rom to swap on 7200.12

June 1st, 2011, 8:33

I would imagine that the chip I've circled is the one you need to swap. Perhaps someone else can confirm.
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Re: flash rom to swap on 7200.12

June 1st, 2011, 9:20

Yes that's the one....
Rgds

Re: flash rom to swap on 7200.12

June 1st, 2011, 9:46

just to confirm dont they normally start with 25?
Think I remember reading that here somewhere.

Re: flash rom to swap on 7200.12

June 1st, 2011, 9:47

Circled chip starts with 25, you can see if you zoom into the image.

Re: flash rom to swap on 7200.12

June 2nd, 2011, 1:41

My HDD IC database should help:
http://www.users.on.net/~fzabkar/HDD/HDD_ICs.txt
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