HELP : Dead Harddrive Looking new board.

[tilhasbb]

Harddrive was connected using BYTECC USB 2.0 to IDE/SATA, everything worked.
Disconnected safely from OS, Removed USB. Harddrive was still spinning so I unplugged the power.
Now the drive won't get detected in the BIOS and will not spin...
I'm guessing the board is dead?

I do not have a backup of the drive and the information on there is critical...

Where can I find a replacement board?
Any help would be appreciated!

SAMSUNG HD322HJ 320G 7200RPM
Harddrive pics
http://img443.imageshack.us/img443/6182/dsc4734s.jpg
http://img841.imageshack.us/img841/9498/dsc4735h.jpg
http://img805.imageshack.us/img805/4952/dsc4736z.jpg
http://img194.imageshack.us/img194/9172/dsc4737z.jpg

Model: HM320HJ
HDD P/N: HM320HJ/D
S/N: S2ANJ1MB909457
LBA 625,142,448
REV A
F/W 2AK10002
KR-023NXF-39794
19T-015R-A1
DP/N 023NXF
SEC-HM320HJ(B)
2011.09
P/N: C7521-K12A-A1TX6

Motor
MP4
NLB2N11BZ

PCB
P2 REV.2
20110923
A6B 9797

[mr_spokk]

Is the drive making any faint bzz, bzz sound when you apply power?

[tilhasbb]

I didn't hear any sounds. I put my ear right next to the drive.

[mr_spokk]

Ok, my first thought was sticktion!
Then you have to find you a pcb (S3M Rev.02) from a same drivefamily to see if the drive spins up properly, if it spins you need to swap rom aswell.

[tilhasbb]

What do you mean by swap rom?

[labtech]

swap rom?

<<Search it

[tilhasbb]

Found very good info here http://www.donordrives.com/blog/pcbswapguide

ill wait till i get/find an identical pcb.

what else could it be?

[tilhasbb]

Is this compatible or it's not the same? to do a rom swap?
http://img528.imageshack.us/img528/7096/dsc4749x.jpg
http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/692/dsc4751h.jpg

[tilhasbb]

the other board has firmware 0001 while mine has 0002. So i'll need them to reprogram it as well.

I put the board from the dead drive on the new drive and it didn't spin.
I put the new board on the dead drive just power for 1/2 of a second and i heard the harddrive start to spin! So it's just the board that died!! (I HOPE)

I'm going to ship the boards to have the rom swap and firmware swapped.

[tilhasbb]

Side by Side Photo
http://imageshack.us/a/img18/379/dsc4756w.jpg
http://imageshack.us/a/img193/2565/dsc4752x.jpg

[mr_spokk]

Hi, those looks good...but you need to swap Rom...marked in red.
But be careful those tiny chip's can easy break.

Cheers/ Bosse

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[tilhasbb]

Thanks everyone.

Just an update I have shipped the boards to donor drives for a rom swap / adaptation.
Their support team response was quick and detailed. Their service seems stellar! I'll keep you posted on what happens.


Thanks everyone for your help!

[tilhasbb]

I just got the drive back from [url="http://www.donordrives.com/"]Donor Drives[/url] and AMAZING service!!
They brought my drive back to life without costing me an arm and a leg like everyone else wanted.

Highly Recommended!!