WD800JB-00CRA1 Board Failure

[Hawki]

Good day all I’m looking for a little help, and I’m a new so please be patient...

Can any one provide a list of possible serial boards that will also work with this drive (WD800JB-00CRA1) the original board has a power surge and fried the board...?

Any help is very much appreciated, please note I’m looking to swap the board as my soldering skill are not that good and I cannot tell which chip has gone !..

Many thanks for reading the above I look forward to your kind help, thanks.

Wayne

[Nick_CT]

There are a few things to consider when your PCB is damaged:

- Sometimes you can swap the board with a suitable replacement whilst moving across some adaptive info which is stored on an 8-pin ROM chip. Other times this info is stored in the main controller so moving it over to the replacement board isn't viable. Specialist equipment is required.

- If the damage was bad enough it could have damaged some internal components as well, requiring more than just a replacement PCB. Professional assistance is required.

- In certain circumstances it can be as simple as removing a shorted protection diode, ensuring your power supply is 100% and then pulling off your data.

It's best to take a quality photo of your PCB, component side up, so that members can help you.

Alternatively you can contact a professional in your country, forum member pcimage.

[Hawki]

Thank you for you timely responce the board doesent look damaged at all however it just does not power up. The broblem stems from a loose power cable in the cady i think so was hoping it was just a PCB. Ill post a couple of pics in a few hrs many thanks for your responce.

Wayne

There are a few things to consider when your PCB is damaged:

- Sometimes you can swap the board with a suitable replacement whilst moving across some adaptive info which is stored on an 8-pin ROM chip. Other times this info is stored in the main controller so moving it over to the replacement board isn't viable. Specialist equipment is required.

- If the damage was bad enough it could have damaged some internal components as well, requiring more than just a replacement PCB. Professional assistance is required.

- In certain circumstances it can be as simple as removing a shorted protection diode, ensuring your power supply is 100% and then pulling off your data.

It's best to take a quality photo of your PCB, component side up, so that members can help you.

Alternatively you can contact a professional in your country, forum member pcimage.