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positivebit
 Post subject: flash rom to swap on 7200.12
PostPosted: June 1st, 2011, 7:43 
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Anyone know if 7200.12 series has got flash rom on pcb?
the original pcb is burnt.
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einstein9
 Post subject: Re: flash rom to swap on 7200.12
PostPosted: June 1st, 2011, 7:49 
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get ur self a donor pcb

2nd. as one of my close friends (seagate expert) told me once, Follow the White Rabbit..
you should find 2 identical chips in ur pcb, one of them is the ROM, need to find it ur self
and move it to donor PCB

good luck

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Nick_CT
 Post subject: Re: flash rom to swap on 7200.12
PostPosted: June 1st, 2011, 8:33 
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I would imagine that the chip I've circled is the one you need to swap. Perhaps someone else can confirm.


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 Post subject: Re: flash rom to swap on 7200.12
PostPosted: June 1st, 2011, 9:20 
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Yes that's the one....
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loki
 Post subject: Re: flash rom to swap on 7200.12
PostPosted: June 1st, 2011, 9:46 
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just to confirm dont they normally start with 25?
Think I remember reading that here somewhere.
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Nick_CT
 Post subject: Re: flash rom to swap on 7200.12
PostPosted: June 1st, 2011, 9:47 
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Circled chip starts with 25, you can see if you zoom into the image.

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 Post subject: Re: flash rom to swap on 7200.12
PostPosted: June 2nd, 2011, 1:41 
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My HDD IC database should help:
http://www.users.on.net/~fzabkar/HDD/HDD_ICs.txt

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