Data recovery and disk repair questions and discussions related to old-fashioned SATA, SAS, SCSI, IDE, MFM hard drives - any type of storage device that has moving parts
March 30th, 2014, 15:10
My own personal WD15EADS backup drive won't spin up. I noticed it does get warm when there is power applied. I'm looking for a donor PCB, but it is a 2008 drive so I haven't had any luck on the donor parts sites.
The darn drive only has about 20hrs on it. Hardly ever used it...
The PCB is 2060-7716217.
Does this drive need the BIOS swapped when the PCB is swapped?
Aloha.
March 30th, 2014, 16:51
eric512 wrote:The PCB is 2060-7716217.
Does this drive need the BIOS swapped when the PCB is swapped?.
Yes, but the part number is incorrect. Is there an 8-pin IC at location U12?
March 31st, 2014, 1:48
Hi correct number is: 2060-771617...right.
That one does not have a ROM chip @u12, the ROM is masked in CPU. You pro help on that one.
March 31st, 2014, 2:06
Sorry guys - yes the correct number is 2060-771627.
No rom chip at U12 - guess I'm screwed.
Darn - and it is my own data..... I had a double backup drive failure and may have lost some pics of the kids.
I'll probably get some archive blu-ray disks next I guess.
March 31st, 2014, 5:15
Contact hdd-parts.com. They offer a PCB repair service for US$75. If your MCU is OK, then this may be a cheaper option for you.
March 31st, 2014, 9:31
Contact
www.datarecoverydonors.com They have all boards available and firmware adaptation service will cost you peanuts with them.
April 1st, 2014, 2:50
Thanks for your help. I'll try the PCB service.
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