I'm think about replacing the PCB board but I'm not sure if this will get it spinning again.
the board does not appear to have electrical blow outs nor does it smell like it.
Does anyone know if this will be a waste of my time?
I've also been reading about having to transfer a ROM chip from the old PCB to the new one. any info on that would be appreciated.

Thanks
Rizznut

You can try it.

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If it is only your pcb board causing you this problem it might be cheaper for you to find someone to change it out for you. This should not be expensive for you and should be an easy recovery if you do not do anything to this drive.

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Iorana Haraharaini

You can try the PCB swap, more than likely the simple swap will not work, but your drive should spin up if the PCb was the cause.

yeah. you can try. some time just PCB have problem.

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Swapping the PCB is the easy part. I'm concerned about the ROM chip. I've never removed and re-attached a chip.