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WD PCB compatability

December 19th, 2011, 12:25

I have a WD3200JD - 22KLB0 in for recovery, which refuses to spin-up. The motor cols have the right resistance, and the platters are spinning freely (tried by rotating the complete disk, you can hear the whistling sound the ball-bearing probably is making). This leads me to believe that the PCB is dead.
The PCB number is 2060-701336-003 REV A. This is an PCB with a 88i6540-LFH1 controller, with an IDE interface, and a 88i8030-TBC1 IDE to SATA bridge chip. The SMOOTH chip is an L6283 1.3 and the RAM chip is an HY57V641620ETP-6.

We don't have an identical PCB in stock, but we do have an WD3200JB - 00KFA0 PCB in stock, number 2060-701314-003 REV A. This PCB has the same controller and SMOOTH chip, and a different RAM chip (K4S641632H-UC60), but with the same capacity as the patient. Also, this PCB doesn't have an IDE to SATA bridge chip.

Does anybody know if it will work if I switch the EEPROM (U12) to the donor board, or if it is worth trying? Or should I just start looking for a identical twin of my patient PCB?

For reference, I have included scans of both the patients PCB, and the possible donors PCB.
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patient.jpeg
donor.jpeg

Re: WD PCB compatability

December 19th, 2011, 12:34

Negative, sorry.
But this is a very common pcb, if you just google it you will find many sites with this pcb available at $39.

Re: WD PCB compatability

December 19th, 2011, 12:40

Bummer. Would have been nice though, could have saved us some waiting time. Google, here I come!

Re: WD PCB compatability

December 19th, 2011, 17:16

Hi,
2060-701314-003 REV A -> Buccaner
2060-701336-003 REV A -> Buccaner

This PCBs can be used interchangeably !!!
Of course ROM chip needs to be transfered to new PCB ...

Mikippp

Re: WD PCB compatability

December 20th, 2011, 10:34

We decided to just try it, and it indeed worked! Our SATA disk is now a PATA disk, and putting out data at 60MB/s.

Re: WD PCB compatability

December 21st, 2011, 19:58

Hi HDD Guru forum!

@Tommyboy
I know you already solved but L4 on left top of pcb looks damaged
and cause the drive not to get power from one of the lines of sata
connector.
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