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WD WD10EZEX 1.0 TB PCB-BIOS Recovery

April 26th, 2025, 11:19

i ordered a new pcb from HDDZone. It is an identical pcb same rev#. But it will not work with the old drive. Being a newbie, I failed to transfer the bios chip to the new PCB. I tried removing the chip from the old PCB but damaged it in the process. I still have the PCB purchased from HDDZone with the bios intact. Can I still retrieve my data off this drive using this pcb? If so, How??? Help!!

Re: WD WD10EZEX 1.0 TB PCB-BIOS Recovery

April 26th, 2025, 18:25

Show us the damaged IC.

Re: WD WD10EZEX 1.0 TB PCB-BIOS Recovery

April 26th, 2025, 20:50

Ok. Bios chip has 2 pins broken off. The new board has the new bios chip.

Re: WD WD10EZEX 1.0 TB PCB-BIOS Recovery

April 27th, 2025, 11:12

You have two options, read out ROM from the damaged chip, done that many times or reconstruct ROM.
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