Maxtor 6L200RO stays busy

[konkon]

Hi everyone,

I have a Maxtor 6L200R0 which would kill the power in the pc.

I have removed the fuse and now it powers up, it is detected in bios but it shows busy on mhdd.

I tried replacing the pcb with one of an identical drive, however the drive is detected on bios but still busy on mhdd.

My thought was that maybe the original pcb has a few more faults, and I should try placing the donor pcb on the target drive and transfer the rom chip.

Is that a good idea, or could the problem lie somewhere else?

Your help will be greatly appreciated.

[DR-Kiev]

Your drive has few more faults but not with PCB.

[konkon]

Your drive has few more faults but not with PCB.

Thank you for your response.

Could you please elaborate a bit more on that?

What could be the problem?

[italian-recovery]

Could you post an image of the pcb?
It could be helpful to diagnose your problem..

[hddguy]

ROM does not need to be transferred. Donor PCB from identical HDD should be fine.

Whatever killed your PCB originally has likely caused other internal problems.

If your data is important you should have it diagnosed professionally.

You say is identified in BIOS, but BSY in MHDD. Does it remain BSY in MHDD if you repower?