Data recovery and disk repair questions and discussions related to old-fashioned SATA, SAS, SCSI, IDE, MFM hard drives - any type of storage device that has moving parts
June 19th, 2019, 14:58
Got a Hitachi 4TB HUS726040ALE614 from a G-Drive enclosure. PCB PN: 0J50178. No signs of life when power is connected. PCB has no signs of damaged or burned components and nothing heats up when power is applied to bare PCB. Thinking PCB + ROM swap. Suggestions? Thanks.
June 19th, 2019, 15:52
I don't have firmware tools unfortunately. Here's a pic
June 19th, 2019, 18:03
Check that PUIS is not enabled. You can disable PUIS with HDAT2.
Check the TVS diodes and fuses.
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June 20th, 2019, 6:54
What is the function of the 2-strip component between the fuse and the tvs of the 5-volt line?
June 20th, 2019, 14:39
fzabkar to the rescue once again. thank you for the tip! I should have caught that myself... next time.
12v fuse and 12v tvs diode were both toast. replaced them & bam, drive up and running. extracting the data now.
Thanks to everyone else for the other suggestions as well!
June 20th, 2019, 18:06
mhp666 wrote:What is the function of the 2-strip component between the fuse and the tvs of the 5-volt line?
That appears to be a Schottky rectifier diode. Often it exists on its own, without the parallel connected TVS diode, in which case it provides protection from reverse polarity. However, I confess that I don't understand why it is needed in this case since the TVS diode should provide the same protection and more. :?
BTW, automotive equipment often has "d*ckhead diodes" to contain the damage in case the user reverses the polarity of the battery.
June 21st, 2019, 6:59
managerharry wrote:That appears to be a Schottky rectifier diode. Often it exists on its own, without the parallel connected TVS diode, in which case it provides protection from reverse polarity. However, I confess that I don't understand why it is needed in this case since the TVS diode should provide the same protection and more.
BTW, automotive equipment often has "d*ckhead diodes" to contain the damage in case the user reverses the polarity of the battery.
hanks for the info.
I would have seen logic in a capacitor, as a low frequency filter.
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