WD30EZRX spin up and down frequently

[djnice]

Hello,

I have an 6 month old, 3 TB WD WD30EZRX-00D8PB0 HDD. The HDD was not dropped, suddenly stopped while copying.
After power on, the HDD spin up, seeking and spin down frequently. The windows does not recognize.
What is the problem? Replacing the PCB will solve the problem? I need to replace the BIOS chip on the new PCB?

Many thanks!

[Tomset]

Dead heads.

[pcimage]

Dead heads.

+1

Don't waste your time or money playing with PCB.

[djnice]

Dead heads.

Can I replace the heads manually? The data is important.

[Tomset]

djnice,
Even experienced master, choose tortured and replace heads on this model.
Sophisticated HDD - Diablo3S,
no DIY.

[chinopk]

Dead heads.

The data is important.

contact a DR company, sorry no DIY.

[pepe]

Head swaps are usually not recommendable for DIY, especially when the data is important.
Diablos are sensitive devices, and sometimes they come up with exotic symptoms.

Anyway, it seems we are not far from eachother, you may contact me regarding that drive.

pepe

[djnice]

Finally, I replaced the PCB and the Bios chip, and it works!
The windows shows RAW filesystem, but with GetDataBack saved everything OK!

[pepe]

hm, you should play lottery i think...

[djnice]

hm, you should play lottery i think...

Yes

But this is a good information for anyone with a similar problem I think.

[pepe]

generally it is very rare that a pcb swap solves such issue, would be nice to know the actual cause. It is also possible that only the contacts got oxidized, preventing good contact between preamp and pcb, but this is pretty rare as well (compared to the head failures we see).