Samsung TB USB to SATA ?

[mad4hdd]

Hi Drs. Hope you all are well . I Got a Samsung ST2000LM005 Rev.A PN:HN-M201AAD/VP1 its 2 TB USB drive . Now i would like convert it to SATA interface ,so i can recover data from it . if anyone have experience with this model and like to share , it will be highly appreciated . Thanks

[fzabkar]

Can you upload a detailed photo of the PCB?

[Amarbir[CDR-Labs]]

Hi Drs. Hope you all are well . I Got a Samsung ST2000LM005 Rev.A PN:HN-M201AAD/VP1 its 2 TB USB drive . Now i would like convert it to SATA interface ,so i can recover data from it . if anyone have experience with this model and like to share , it will be highly appreciated . Thanks

Hi ,
Most of These Are With Very Nice And Sturdy Heads .I Got One LM Series Drive With 3 Platters And 6 Heads But It Was SATA .Never Seen a Native USB In This ,Might Be This is M9T Series New Samsung/Seagate .

[mad4hdd]

Can you upload a detailed photo of the PCB?

yes sure i will upload it in morning when i get a photo of that PCB

[mad4hdd]

Thanks a lot Mr Fzabkar And Mr Amarbir for your attention . and sorry for last day i could not upload pics . now the latest is ... I have fixed my problem my own but i like to share with you guys . i am attaching Pics . i recovered data successfully

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[fzabkar]

Just FYI, these are the SATA coupling capacitors:

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BTW, Samsung's USB drives are affected by poor soldering. I have seen several cases where reflowing the power related solder connections near the USB connector recovers the PCB. That would have been my first point of attack before searching for a new PCB.

(I'm assuming that the "fluff" near the crystal and MCU can be cleaned up and does not reflect some kind of physical damage.)

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[mad4hdd]

Just FYI, these are the SATA coupling capacitors:

SATA_Tx_Rx.jpg

BTW, Samsung's USB drives are affected by poor soldering. I have seen several cases where reflowing the power related solder connections near the USB connector recovers the PCB. That would have been my first point of attack before searching for a new PCB.

(I'm assuming that the "fluff" near the crystal and MCU can be cleaned up and does not reflect some kind of physical damage.)

fluff.jpg

Thanks Fzabkar your point is Very important ! Actually someone worked on this drive before me. i know if there is some moisture,paste or oil etc near the crystal oscillator it can create effect on Crystal's frequency .... i always check Electronic components before swapping donor PCB or working on patient PCB . That PCB was useless when i attached SATA Bord thats why i did not clean. I appreciate your focus .I guess you are good in electronics as you also pointed PF points for SATA . By the way, i was also discovered Tx+ve,Tx-ve,Rx-ve ,Rx+ve,VCC ,GND points on this USB card before you told me . But your attention is valuable for me and again thanks.

[carter8189]

hi, i'm sorry to revive an old topic but i have the same drive whose usb port was broken; i'd liko to tray to solder sata cable on the correct pads, i understand where tx and rx are located but, sorry if the question is stupid for you but, where i take vcc 5v? In altenative, i'm considering buying a st2000LM003 which has a sata port pcb. Thanks for the help!

[rogfanther]

The easier way is to provide power ( and ground ) through the usb connector. Can´t you attach it somehow ? Just a couple pins ( VCC and GND ) need to be connected.

[carter8189]

hi, thank you for your suggest, i'll try; another question, sorry, the upper capacitors shown in the previous picture, are for TX or RX sata connection?