Wanted Maxtor DiamondMax Plus 9 80GB ATA/133 HDD CalypsoIII

[darbyp]

Maxtor DiamondMax Plus 9 80GB ATA/133 HDD CalypsoIII 6Y080L0
Manufactured around September 2003
LBA 160066528
Dual plate Bought a 2004 HD it had single plate - wont work on mime
Contact Darby 305-235-8410 darbyp@fiu.edu

[harddrivespecialist]

Do you need a whole drive or a PCB?
What do you mean when you say "it won't fit miune"?

[darbyp]

The board on mine had a chip burn up. I am trying to replace the board so that I can recover the data on the old drive. The newer HD I purchased did not work as it was a newer model and inside it had just one platter, of 80 GB, whereas mine had two platters, each 40 GB's. I was looking for an identical match and so got the part number from Seagate, based on my serial number.

I have since secured a product with that part number and hopefully when it arrives it will work.

[Madspice]

I've got the same problem with exactly the same model. Only had if for a couple of years. Could you let me know how you get on as both my hard drives failed at the same time and I've lost my backup.

[BlackST]

Post exact TLA And full qualifier es. NMGA, Also pcb like F4FYA and cpu number. Does the pcb have serial rom?

[Madspice]

Here goes:

Maxtor DiamondMax Plus 9
80 GB ATA/133 HDD
Manufacturing Date: 14 March 2005
SN: Y248TB2C
M6FYA

On the PCB:
301862101
CALYPSO/KOI_P/THERM

Agere
Ardent C8-C1
040111300
Ardent-C8C1-840UK
0506T
4913124

It's the chip at CR200 that's burnt out. I wouldn't mind so much if my backup hadn't failed and this is the second time that this has happened to me with a Maxtor HDD. I'm using a surge protector so can't see how this could have happened. Needless to say I'm not buying any more Maxtors....

[rchadwick]

Are you using a good power supply? If not, you could look like a DEER caught in the headlights...

I'm not endorsing Maxtor, but the failure you had could happen to any brand. Somewhere, there's a guy saying 'I'll never buy Hitachi again!'

[Madspice]

I've had the power supply for about five years and it cost me 80 quid. Couldn't tell you what make it is offhand! Funnily enough, the new hard drive I've bought is Hitachi....

[rchadwick]

Well, in the US that's the price of a top-of-the-line supply. High price doesn't always equal good quality, so hopefully you have a good one. Even a good one can show some undesirable symptoms after 5 years. One of the main components, capacitors, tends to dry out over time, losing their capacity. This creates ripple and spikes. Spikes are bad for hard drives. Likely the CR200 that burned is a protection device that sacrifices itself just in cases like this.

Also, after having two drives fail at the same time, and at least one of them appears to be a PS issue, you REALLY should check that supply. Surge protectors won't help if the surge is generated by the PS.

[BlackST]

One good news... you can get a M6FYA, a N2FYA or similar without rom. It will work anyway (NOTE : if you have a fried preamp INSIDE the disk, it will fry the new PCB !!!)

[Madspice]

Any idea where I could get one from BlackST? The preamp inside the disk seems to be ok...

[rameez]

You can try EBAY if u cant find i have many in stock i can sell u if u want .

[Madspice]

You can try EBAY if u cant find i have many in stock i can sell u if u want .

You are an absolute star! Just found one on ebay. How much are you selling one for? I'm in desparate need.

[darbyp]

I now have two [2] absolutely good 80 GB Maxtor DiamondMax hard drives for sale.

One was brand new. Both have the same part number - but neither was compatable to mine. They both have single platters within. Mine was an older manufactured model which then carried TWO platters of 40 GB each.

I'm willing to sell both the ones that I have as I have no need for them. I have several other Hard drives and certainly don't need two more of the same.

darbyp

[Madspice]

I now have two [2] absolutely good 80 GB Maxtor DiamondMax hard drives for sale.

One was brand new. Both have the same part number - but neither was compatable to mine. They both have single platters within.... .

darbyp

I've ordered just the hdd pcb off ebay to see if this will work. If it doesn't I'll definitely give you a shout! Did you have any joy recovering data?

[Madspice]

Just to let you know that I have recovered the data that I needed. Thank you for your help! The pcb I got off ebay worked long enough for me to recover, although the drive was heating up quite a bit.

Thank you, thank you, thank you! Now if only I could recover the data on my Scandisk cruzer.... lol

[BlackST]

Great ! About the drive heating up , if it's outside the PC case (that acts as heatsink assuming the drive is properly fixed - so it keeps the drive temp. even 2-5 deg. C lower !) it's quite normal.