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Samsung No power after head swap

March 29th, 2018, 16:27

I got Samsung ST1000LM024 with head stuck and broke.
Before I swaped the heads drive spin. And after swapping the patient won't spin at all. I put the heads back and now it spin again.

Then I but the donor head back and I transferred the platters to the donor. And now the donor drive with patient platters won't spin up?
Any suggestions?

Re: Samsung No power after head swap

March 29th, 2018, 16:30

First suggestion: Don't platter swap when it's unnecessary.

Second suggestion: Use compatible read/write heads. It wasn't spinning because the preamp is different.

Re: Samsung No power after head swap

March 29th, 2018, 16:41

data-medics wrote:Second suggestion: Use compatible read/write heads. It wasn't spinning because the preamp is different.


How to check the patient preamp?
The donor differ in the last letter in the P/N

Re: Samsung No power after head swap

March 29th, 2018, 16:46

What's the PCB # of both (patient and donor)?
It's M8 so it would be ends with (07 or 06 or 03). It's diff. from each other and won't spin ifit diff.

Re: Samsung No power after head swap

March 29th, 2018, 16:47

LostDataSa wrote:
data-medics wrote:Second suggestion: Use compatible read/write heads. It wasn't spinning because the preamp is different.


How to check the patient preamp?
The donor differ in the last letter in the P/N


Check patient PCB with donor HDA

Re: Samsung No power after head swap

March 29th, 2018, 16:50

unknown wrote:What's the PCB # of both (patient and donor)?
It's M8 so it would be ends with (07 or 06 or 03). It's diff. from each other and won't spin ifit diff.


I am not sure (I already left the office) if it different then I need to use the donor PCB after ROM swap?

Re: Samsung No power after head swap

March 29th, 2018, 16:52

If it different it won't work.
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