Vendor for Maxtor 250gb logic board?

[weevie833]

Need a replacement logic board for a Maxtor MaxLine Plus II 250gb ATA/IDE HDD. Logic board indicates as follows:

301862101 Calypso/Koi P/Therm M8FYB

Any suggestions? thx!

[hddguru]

search on google. found one site long time ago http://www.ultratec.co.uk

they have lots of PCB's and HDD

In the UK but shipping to USA was about $40

:O)

[weevie833]

http://www.softcom.com.my/

Just ordered the appropriate logic board from the above vendor. He sells it for $15 plus about $40 shipping from Malaysia. I will report results.

I have also read a string somewhere about difficulties in getting replacement logic boards to work since the bad block map or whatever it's called is not the same as the original. There were a variety of difficulties in doing this relatively simple operation which I will provide here if I can locate the link on my other computer.

Steve

[marlboroman]

hi, the "bad block map" isnt on the pcb. u have to pick up the proper pcb or if you have the tools, you can fix it

regards

[weevie833]

Received the goods as promised, and he sent me two for the price of one! Maybe there are two versions of the board and felt I should have both [??] One component that says "1R5" is different on each board. Don't know if that means anything. Will update if I can resurrect the drive.

steve

[pepe]

Hi,

The component with the '1R5' marking is the inductor for -5V power supply, it has nothing to do with FW version.

pepe