Hello everyone,

Today my WD1600JB-00GVC0's (IDE) PCB fried due to a faulty wiring in a Sabrent HD enclosure IDE/SATA to USB 2.0, eSATA. Upon plugging the enclosure in the wall, I heard a small "pop" coming from it. I checked the HD and saw that the PCB of my HD had blackened solders. I have a WD1600JD-00HBB0 (SATA) lying around so I took the PCB from that one to see if the HD was still spinning and everything looks fine but of course I can't access the data on the HD.

My question is, could I take the good PCB (SATA) and solder the U12 from the burnt one or do I have to find a PCB with the exact model # as the old one?





Thank you for your help

in picture one in the top right corner of the board there is a number 2060-701265-001 Rev A.

If you get a matching drive with the same model number, WD1600JB-00GVC0, then that board number should match and then you can swap the U12 chip and all should be good.

hi,
take demo video for replacement ROM chip http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X2hgiDHiXKM

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Thanks a lot for you answers guys and especially for this video. What kind of heat gun is this? Is it a normal one with a small nozzle at the end?

Thanks again

Just be careful not to end up burning the PCB or the ROM. It is a pain in the A** when clients try to DIY and end up killing the original ROM. We have seen 5-7 legged ROM to discolored, burnt, and half cracked open ROM to other tiny item near the ROM being removed unintentionally during the DIY ROM swap. (Not to mentioned burnt or melted PCBs as the result, too...)

Solder on PCB temp is a bit different for each manufactures and some are even different within the same company.

If you are for sure it is the ONLY PCB issue, I'm sure it is very cheap end to recover your data but once you kill that ROM, stand-by for at least $1,000 to get your data back. Some may even charge you for the Failed DIY Fee.

Some people may have a steady hand and some just don't. Local Electronic Shop may be able to help you swapping the chips if you don't know how to do it for sure. (Remember, the local shops are not the data recovery specialists who can diagnose the PCB or the drive to make sure the SWAP was done right or that was the only problem!!!) $30-$75 seems to be average in the US and Canada for the chip swap at the local shop, but seen some sad results out of it, too.

This can be 1 shot chance depend on what kind of data loss you are experiencing. You may have this ONLY 1 shot at getting your data back. Must evaluate if your data is ONLY worth DIY or $30-$70 OR may be expensive but worth paying professional to get them back. Pictures are worth thousand words. Family photos are priceless.

Good Luck and PLEASE be careful when you DIY

Thanks Hddmania for the words of advice. This disk only contains movies I downloaded through time, nothing personal or really worthy except for the time it took to download all of it. That is why I want to try it myself, if it was other kind of data I wouldn't even bother and I'd call a professional to do it. I red a lot on the subject over the past couple of years but I know I don't have the experience to do it on really important data. Thanks to the video, i'll try this with a heat gun instead of a solder iron, otherwise I'm pretty sure I would've burnt the ROM chip since I don't have a micro soldering kit.