I have an old IBM DeskStar 40GB hard drive that died on me. Model: IC35L040AVER07-0

Is a PCB swap possible for this model? I do know newer models require transfer of the NVRAM, is that the case with these older drives as well?

I believe the problem with the drive is PCB related, although I am not sure. Symptoms:

- Drive spins up normally
- Detected in BIOS - Capacity detected as 32254GB (should be ~38146MB)
- Only first 480MB accessible, trying to access anything beyond the first 480MB gives an immediate error.
- Partition information intact
- Boot sector intact
- Partition refuses to mount (I'm assuming this is due to the inability to access beyond the first 480MB of the drive)

It is not the pcb most probably.

Any idea where the problem is then?