Maxtor D540X-4K heads compatibility

[Odiferous]

I have one of these with failed heads.

I have a few potential donors, but none which precisely matches the failed drive.

Can anyone tell me which are the parameters that have to match?


Thanks

[mr_spokk]

Hi,
You should match Firmware, Country and third character in alphabetic code type X, X, X, X.
Take a look at: http://hddguru.com/content/en/articles/ ... k-Q-and-A/

Regards

Bosse

[pcimage]

Odie,

Not wanting to teach my grandmother to suck eggs, but I assume you checked the PCB first?

These things have a habit of making nasty clunking noises when the PCB is gone, I find 80% of them have bad PCB, rather than heads.

If not, I got a load of these drives, working. Give me the details and I'll check for a match.

Cheers

Sean

[pepe]

Hi,

replacement heads of quantums and quantum-like maxtors (D540X-4K, D740X-6L) usually need some alignment before they can be used...

pepe