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western digital head swap question

June 18th, 2009, 16:31

hi,
i have a wd3200aavs00ztb dcm:hhrnht2mab the heads are damaged. i would like to know what would be the closest substitute to use for this drive, since finding an exact donor is proving difficult.

thanks in advance.

Re: western digital head swap question

June 18th, 2009, 17:08

... and the most difficult is the alignment, after found the donor... 8)

Re: western digital head swap question

June 18th, 2009, 19:12

qwameske wrote:hi,
i have a wd3200aavs00ztb dcm:hhrnht2mab the heads are damaged. i would like to know what would be the closest substitute to use for this drive, since finding an exact donor is proving difficult.

thanks in advance.


You should at least be able to match the full model number WD3200AAVS - ?????? with a little bit of searching and patience. You need even more luck with the alignment.
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