Hitachi HDT72505VLA380

[daksport99]

Looking for the controler board on the drive, mine has a cracked chip on it.

Model:HDT72505VLA380
P/N: 0A33422

Number on board
0A53043
BA2178
Mda731
93D5

[rameez]

Post a picture of you pcb .

[daksport99]

[poehere]

You can remove it and get back your data it is a TVS that is cracked.

[N.C.]

Hitachi preamp is really sensitive for power spike, and this model have only TVS in 12V line.
I suggest to check the preamp first before powerup the drive if you want to avoid data area damage...

Janos

[daksport99]

How do I do a preamp. This is first time I tried working on a controller card

[daksport99]

Thanks for all the help, I removed it and was able to access the data,