Hi Guys,
I have another WD 5000BMVW-11AMCS0 which seems to be dead. Drive's light lights up once connected, and drive tries to start to spin 5 times with a slight buzzing noise until it gives up.
Got detected initially unden Windows as WD Ext Disk but was not appearing under device manager. Under Ubuntu it does not appear under /dev or Disks GUI.

Could swaping PCB and ROM, solve this issue?
Thanks again!

No, seems the problem is internal. Seems like heads may have gotten stuck on the platters. Need good technique to resolve that if that is indeed the problem.

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Hi

Happy to take a look if you want.
Evaluation is free.

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Hi,
I have a drive that is sounding like doing similar to yours. I have just got back from travel and not had time yet to continue working on my drive after the helpful guys posted for me.
does it sound anything like the sound I posted here? just curious.

http://malthus.zapto.org/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=569

cheers

Im so sorry I havent replied yet. Very busy week and I thought I had subscribed to be notified by email...

anyway... yes the sound is like your other post. I havent got the time to look into it any further. Did you get any results? I have the soldering equipment and skils but is it the right direction?

My friend has already asked for pro help and she wont go for the 500EUR suggestion. To be honest she does not have the money (unemployed for several months) and the drive has only pictures so I offered her my help free of charge just to help her. She knows I'm not a guarranteed helping hand but I will not just try trial error.

So yes, I was just asking the community if there was an almost free way to help her but from what you said I think the answer is no.

It sounds like a stiction fault (heads stuck to platters).

This guy was lucky:
viewtopic.php?t=26458&p=180863#p180863

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Percussive maintenance (AKA the Cozy Powell Fix )... Very rarely works, and generally causes MORE damage to the drive heads and platters..

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Call it properly : BANG THE HDD more or less rudely on the table / desktop or whatever hard surface....

I knew it as the "Wile E. Coyote" fix , missed the Cozy Powell definition !

Must be showing my age.... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cozy_Powell

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Thank you guys! I finally managed to scare her enough and try to do some savings and try later a Pro. She only has one shot and better make the most of it.

Thanks again!