Data recovery and disk repair questions and discussions related to old-fashioned SATA, SAS, SCSI, IDE, MFM hard drives - any type of storage device that has moving parts
October 6th, 2011, 10:08
My hard drive stopped being detected recently, so I took it out of the PC and tried in another PC. The hard drive would not power on anymore. So I bought the same drive again and replaced the PCB from the new drive to the old drive. Now the drive powers on, but it still isn't being detected in BIOS.
Any help and advice ?
(Also tried the Seatools cd in DOS, but that does not detect it either)
October 6th, 2011, 10:24
Contact "pcimage" on this forum, he is in UK and will be able to help you out quickly and very inexpensively.
October 6th, 2011, 10:34
I have contacted pcimage about it, thanks.
October 13th, 2011, 7:19
You need to transfer the serial flash memory chip from the original board to the replacement.
The following supplier includes such a service for US$10:
http://www.onepcbsolution.com/seagate-b ... 72009.htmlThe total cost shouldn't exceed US$50.
BTW, the relevant chip is in the top right corner of this photo:
http://ep.yimg.com/ca/I/yhst-4446369223 ... 77_1165498
October 13th, 2011, 10:49
Ignore fzabkar, the website he is recommending don't know their arse from their elbow. A client of ours used them, they sent him the completely wrong PCB, he ended up paying double what he would have originally.
DIY data recovery does not PAY!
October 13th, 2011, 13:09
I don't have any relationship with any supplier, but onepcbsolution has had many genuine good reports in various storage forums, including this one AFAIR. Another supplier that offers a cheap transfer service is hdd-parts.com. Expect to pay US$60 in total.
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