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1TB HDD

July 20th, 2011, 8:33

Dear Friends ,

Im new in this forum.
I have one Seagate 1 TB HDD.
Logic card is burned,so i arranged identical HDD with same model and FW and replaced logic card but its showing 8 gb in bios.
I want to recover this data.Any suggestion or procedure to recover that data.

Thanks

Re: 1TB HDD

July 20th, 2011, 21:23

Post picture of your damaged pcb, low resolution, please.

Re: 1TB HDD

July 21st, 2011, 9:59

Here damaged PCB'S Pic
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Re: 1TB HDD

July 21st, 2011, 15:57

Sorry, can't see well enough.

Re: 1TB HDD

July 22nd, 2011, 1:21

Pic of pcb
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Re: 1TB HDD

July 22nd, 2011, 4:23

What is the drive's complete model (ST3...)?
I will look for a compatible board in stock to see the board's layout and its components.

Either way, two things to do:
1) try repairing the board (if possible, because can not quite determine the damage extent from the picture)
2) reprogram ROM adaptives to a donor board

If you do not have soldering experience and equipment, then send it to a professional.

Re: 1TB HDD

July 22nd, 2011, 4:59

Thanks alot first for repplying


Model is ST31000524AS /Firmware JC45
i purchased another identical HDD with same model and firmware replaced Logic card.It gets detected in BIOS But showing 3.9 GB in bios,i checked this disk by seatool it passes all test.Also showing 4 gb in disk managment in windows.
Regarding solder track of pcb are bad at burnt portion

Re: 1TB HDD

July 22nd, 2011, 8:23

Alright, so I like stated previously I can not quite make out from the pic what is and what is not burnt, plus there can be other components that have been damaged as well.

So, your best bet is to solder the lower right ROM chip to your donor board (marked Winbond - see pic).

Make sure you know what you are doing (suggest practicing before working on the target drive).
If you are not comfortable than let a professional do it.

If you mess up, this will be very very expensive to recover data from.
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Re: 1TB HDD

July 22nd, 2011, 8:27

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Re: 1TB HDD

July 22nd, 2011, 9:04

Thanks alot Sir for your valuable suggestion.

Let me try and come back to you

Thanks

Re: 1TB HDD

July 22nd, 2011, 11:24

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Re: 1TB HDD

July 27th, 2011, 4:36

Dear Labtech,

I replaced winbond chip to donor board but now using donor board hdd shows again 3.9 GB in BIOS

Re: 1TB HDD

July 27th, 2011, 8:43

Well, there are unfortunately additional problems with the drive. So, this is the end of DIY.

Have to seek professional DR service.

Make sure that you keep track of what components are where and explain to the professional what component belongs to what (for example, patient ROM is on the donor board now).

Re: 1TB HDD

July 27th, 2011, 11:09

labtech wrote:Well, there are unfortunately additional problems with the drive. So, this is the end of DIY.

Have to seek professional DR service.

Make sure that you keep track of what components are where and explain to the professional what component belongs to what (for example, patient ROM is on the donor board now).


I agree. DIY here is useless and will only cause further complications....

Re: 1TB HDD

July 29th, 2011, 8:31

Hello
Have you taken ESD care while removing eproms? I suspect rom corruption.This may make recovery impossible if original rom is dead.

Re: 1TB HDD

October 6th, 2011, 2:02

:D Guys thanks problem solved diode short of original board replaced n got data

Thanks alot to all

Re: 1TB HDD

October 6th, 2011, 3:35

:shock:

A shorted diode was giving wrong capacity in BIOS?

Re: 1TB HDD

October 6th, 2011, 3:44

:roll: nope used original burnt controller,replace diode and inductors.

Re: 1TB HDD

October 6th, 2011, 21:57

Interesting...
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