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Western digital caviar se 160gb pcb/drive

November 1st, 2012, 5:56

Guys this is urgent !
I keep all my important files in that drive ,
today I connected my usb to sata adapter along with the external current ,the external current thing has 12v 4 pin molex , so I use it with a molex to sata power conveter ,but today I have plugged the molex to sata the up side down to the adapter , so that when I connected the power to hdd , a smoke came from the connector part inside the harddisk. so now what can I do to get my files from it ? If I replace the pcb will it work ?
any link or anything regarding that would be great .
model number: wd1600aajs - 98psa0 ( all capital letters)
manufactured date: 08 feb 2008
so if anyone has it or know someone who have it please let me know .
please help me to get even the files from it.
or I can pay if anyone can ifx it for me, I'm from SriLanka , so do I need to ship the whole drive or just the pcb ?
thanks alot.

Re: Western digital caviar se 160gb pcb/drive

November 1st, 2012, 6:04

I found one on ebay with same name ,
http://www.ebay.com/itm/WESTERN-DIGITAL ... 3f1b51c4fa

will this work for me ?
thanks alot , I just need the pcb of it.

Re: Western digital caviar se 160gb pcb/drive

November 1st, 2012, 6:05

I found one in ebay with same name: wd1600aajs 98psa0 , manufactured date : jan 2008 , but mine is 08 feb 2008 , will both have same firmware ?
thanks alot

Re: Western digital caviar se 160gb pcb/drive

November 1st, 2012, 6:57

Upload high quality photos of the component side of the PCB.

Loki

Re: Western digital caviar se 160gb pcb/drive

November 1st, 2012, 7:44

I cant remove those screws , I dont have the screw driver for it, but the downside looks good no damages , but a still get a burned smell.
thank you

Re: Western digital caviar se 160gb pcb/drive

November 1st, 2012, 12:21

or is it possible to get only the data from it ?
some guy locally told that he could recover all the data from the hdd for 25$ , is it real and is possible ?
how would they recover when having a broken pcb?
thanks alot

Re: Western digital caviar se 160gb pcb/drive

November 1st, 2012, 12:40

new2019 wrote:or is it possible to get only the data from it ?
some guy locally told that he could recover all the data from the hdd for 25$ , is it real and is possible ?
how would they recover when having a broken pcb?
thanks alot


are you sure 25$ in US???

if that is the case, its nothing compared to the tools he might have.

Re: Western digital caviar se 160gb pcb/drive

November 1st, 2012, 13:19

One zero is mi$$ing at least or there's something else... :mrgreen:

Re: Western digital caviar se 160gb pcb/drive

November 1st, 2012, 13:20

BlackST wrote:One zero is mi$$ing at least or there's something else... :mrgreen:


or not located in US, maybe the moon i guess.
i will not move my A?? from my chair for 25$ heheh

Re: Western digital caviar se 160gb pcb/drive

November 1st, 2012, 16:19

new2019 wrote:model number: wd1600aajs - 98psa0 ( all capital letters)

See http://www.users.on.net/~fzabkar/HDD/bi ... diodes.jpg (mostly lowercase letters, but some uppercase)

Re: Western digital caviar se 160gb pcb/drive

November 3rd, 2012, 10:18

yea he just needs 25$ ?
is it cheap ?
I just have all my files in that drive so its so important .
btw how will a professional recover do it ?
thanks alot

Re: Western digital caviar se 160gb pcb/drive

November 4th, 2012, 10:14

can anyone tell how to get an similar pcb , where I dont need to do any soldering ?
if the pcb that im going to buy has this number: wd1600aajs - 98psa0 but with jan 2 2008 date of manufactured will it be a problem ? do I need to replace the chip still?
thanks alot
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