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Help for Seagate head swap

September 27th, 2018, 2:18

Hi i have this drive
ST500DM002
s/n: Z2AXDB6S
p/n: 1BD142-302
Firmware : KC45
Data Code : 12473
Site code : TK

So which detail of donor drive should be exact the same as failure drive?

Re: Help for Seagate head swap

September 27th, 2018, 3:34

Preamp and slider vendors

Re: Help for Seagate head swap

September 29th, 2018, 16:12

Masterclass wrote:Preamp and slider vendors


How to check? I dont have access to terminal

Re: Help for Seagate head swap

September 29th, 2018, 16:34

siamak5561 wrote:
Masterclass wrote:Preamp and slider vendors


How to check? I dont have access to terminal

You can extract the preamp ID from the ROM.

Locating the preamp ID in a Seagate F3 ROM:
http://www.hddoracle.com/viewtopic.php?f=59&t=2173&p=18028#p18028
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