WD2500JS-55MHB1 Clunking

[marklee]

Hello all,

I have a WD2500JS-55MHB1 drive in for recovery. It is running firmware 10.02E01.

The drive has the click of death when powering up.. I have a few of these in stock, so I thought I'd try a head swap.

Before I continue though, I plugged it into my PC3K to back the firmware/modules/ROM up. The PC3K reports it as a:

WDC-ROM-SN #XYZ-----
WDC-ROM-MODEL-HAWK-----

It also reports an incorrect size. It should be 250GB, however PC3K shows it as 7.46GB.

Has anyone had this problem before, and if so is it fixable? Can anyone provide a backup of the necessary modules for this make/model. I have a fairly large PC3K database and have a WD2500JS-55MHB0 in it, but not this exact model.

Could this also be fixed with a PCB/ROM swap?

Many thanks for any help received,

Mark

[pcimage]

You have PM

[northwind]

These drives have alignment problems.

[marklee]

Hello,

Thanks for the info so far.

I have swapped heads on several newer WD drives without the head-alignment problem. I have 3 spare drives for this faulty one, with the correct DCM numbers (I checked the table on the headstack Q&A on here.)

How do you carry out the head swap and fix the alignment problem. Do I need to sit with a screwdriver and keep adjusting the screw until the drive works, or is there an alternative way?

Many thanks,

[harddrivespecialist]

I would advise you to outsource this drive before new problems occur. Pcimage would be able to help you.