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PCB with mutiple ROMs

November 16th, 2023, 11:35

Drive Model: TOSHIBA MG07ACA12TE
Drive Capacity: 10TB

Hello, i have ths broken PCB and a donor. I want to replace the ROM but im not sure which i have to change.. do you guys know which one i have to change? Thank you.
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Re: PCB with mutiple ROMs

November 17th, 2023, 11:28

I believe those other ROMs constitute nonvolatile cache for power loss data protection. I suspect that if you don't transfer all 4 ICs, there may be a finite risk of contaminating the patient's data with the donor's NVcache (if the NVcache is not empty).

Re: PCB with mutiple ROMs

November 18th, 2023, 8:02

What he said ^^^

Re: PCB with mutiple ROMs

November 20th, 2023, 9:03

fzabkar, Tank you for your reply! I got the Solution. I replaced the yellow marked ROM and it worked fine.
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