looks a fine candidate to me but would like your esteemed opinions. thanks.

Hy this WD´s are hard to find donnor´s some years ago i got similar case, donnor was same model, at that time, check " 3 letters" DCM now im know´s DCM doesnt matter, and no works foruntely, at that time, the hdd not knocks, and reach´s readiness only the head test show me error at second head, but after work with the patient was possible to get data , because the head swap, not works, endless knocking, i will suggest for this case get a donnor same model but closest date and tried

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thanks Beto. You think my match is not close enough?
Yes disk had click of death, client knocked over while running.
Any closer donors out there?

I have couple of those.

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Absolutely incompatible donor for Head Swap.
You need:

1. wd800jd - xxMSxx same with patient;
2. Same head maps
3. Malaysia.

I would never send my broken HDD to such 'pros'...

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Match the Dell P/N DC077 for best possible match.

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At some models of wd´s even no works if u did head swap using fully same model, same head map , same country, and even same DCM , maybe need´s another thing´s

i have PM'ed you but know what you mean: alignment.

I would use this one for donor
It looks compatible to me

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MS Vs LS still the same class.....
give it a test you will know... it is simple.......

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I personally would have thought that this is not a good match. But Doomer has me confused. Would you be able to elaborate on this. Why so many different answers???

if the head map , position too its the same, maybe doomer could " so tune " the heads to match on this im think that´s what doomer tried to told us

LSA and MSA are both Unicorns. They use same hardware. Heads map supposed to be the same - 2 heads H0 and H1
You may need some tricks to make the drive work after transplant but this is usual for WDs

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Ahhh... i see, thanks for clarifying this for me.

My magic crystal ball works

thanks doomer and beto!

These tricks you speak of....Manually jigging head alignment or altering adaptives for head alignment?