Swapping heads, how close do I need to be?

[rchadwick]

I've got an IBM AVER series with a bad head stack, and I'm looking for a donor drive. How close do I have to come to the original drive? Do I have to match firmware, Part Number, date?

[rameez]

Yes u have to match all three from the donor drive :

1) Firmware
2) Part no
3) Date

Read the Table 1 on head stack article for more details about finding donor drives .

[pcimage]

Yes u have to match all three from the donor drive :

1) Firmware
2) Part no
3) Date

Read the Table 1 on head stack article for more details about finding donor drives .

You sure about this? I've always matched P/N, country and MLC number.

[rameez]

Pretty sure about it there is Table 1 in the following article read it :

http://hddguru.com/content/en/articles/ ... k-Q-and-A/

[rchadwick]

Assuming the date is important, how close does it have to be? Same month? Within a few months? Same year?

[rameez]

I m so sorry u have to match :

1) Firmware
2) Country
3) Part No.

No Date has to be matched , wrote by mistake .

[rchadwick]

Thanks. Another silly question... Is the Firmware the MLC?