Samsung HD321LJ Donor

[MasterT]

Hi,

I'm looking for a long time (about a year) for a donor for this drive but cannot find one.

HD321LJ does not seem to show up.

Does anybody know of any cross compatible drives for this one?

Thanks.

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[shahij]

I might have DONOR in stock

[data-medics]

Try using a HD501LJ instead. Yours was probably intended to be a 500Gb in the first place and was downgraded when one platter surface was no good. Even if you did find another HD321LJ it might be missing a different head than yours. So you should be buying the 500Gb version anyway. That way you're guaranteed to get all heads.

[MasterT]

Try using a HD501LJ instead. Yours was probably intended to be a 500Gb in the first place and was downgraded when one platter surface was no good. Even if you did find another HD321LJ it might be missing a different head than yours. So you should be buying the 500Gb version anyway. That way you're guaranteed to get all heads.

Thanks for the tip. I found a couple of HD501LJ. In a few days I'll come back with a result.

[MasterT]

I made the swap with heads from an HD501LJ I found online.

Drive starts ok, no strange sounds, don't spin down, even gets ready.

If i try Read ID, or any user sector gets BSY.

Terminal looks like this:

SPW 3.0G LinkOk!SpnOk
spd: 0000 0000 0000
ADC: 0006
DAC: A393
H: +00000

Any advice ?

[rej0088]

Must be media problems (bad sectors)

[pclab]

Have you checked the preamp version between both?

[MasterT]

Case closed. Donor heads put back in Original drive do not work anymore.

It seems media damage is too great for any chance of recovery.