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May 21st, 2015, 16:53
Greetings friends .
i would like to ask you for your professional opinion in this HDD .
Hitachi travelstar
model : HTS541060G9SA00
size 60 GB
drive is not spinning up at all ... below is a snapshot of the pcb hopefully it can tell it's story ..
nothing that the fuse and the near by resistor test OK , and no burm marks at all on any component ..
thank you in advance
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May 21st, 2015, 18:16
have you checked the status of PUIS ?
May 22nd, 2015, 4:34
Usually it's the fuse at F1 that blows, but if you've checked that then I would transfer the NVRAM @ U6 to another compatible PCB.
If you can't find a PCB with same ROM version as yours, you'll have to switch ROM @ U3 too.
May 22nd, 2015, 4:47
Good morning ,
thank you for the precious replies ..
unfortunately i didnt manage to get any donor PCB , although i have tons of scrap HDDs .. but luck can still play a great role ..
May 22nd, 2015, 10:01
Did you check fuse at F1, as pcimage suggested?
May 22nd, 2015, 12:51
raven4d wrote:Greetings friends .
i would like to ask you for your professional opinion in this HDD .
Hitachi travelstar
model : HTS541060G9SA00
size 60 GB
drive is not spinning up at all ... below is a snapshot of the pcb hopefully it can tell it's story ..
nothing that the fuse and the near by resistor test OK , and no burm marks at all on any component ..
thank you in advance
Raven4d,
Are You From india .Let Me Know i can check my stock and let you know if i have this .Please Post Photo of HDD top cover also and the other side of this pcb
May 23rd, 2015, 3:51
Hello again
the fuse and the 0 OHM resistor are OK
nop! India is almost 1400 Km away ..
May 23rd, 2015, 4:10
Post a photo of the other side of the PCB and I'll check if I have a suitable one here.
May 23rd, 2015, 4:40
raven4d wrote:Hello again
the fuse and the 0 OHM resistor are OK
nop! India is almost 1400 Km away ..
Sir ,
Please Post a Photo of Other Side As stated By Sean and Asked By Me
May 24th, 2015, 6:27
Greetings
please find below a photo of the backside of the PCB
can someone who has the very same mode be kind to test the resistance between the motor pins ? now am suspecting a motor burn ?
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May 29th, 2015, 9:44
well, after testing a non compatible PCB , the drive spins up and no clicks , so i presume now am sure that it's a pcb related issue ...
May 29th, 2015, 9:57
raven4d wrote:unfortunately i didnt manage to get any donor PCB
http://www.ebay.com/itm/360755858208
May 29th, 2015, 15:12
thank you very much , am aware of the availabillity of the pcb on the internet , but the thing is , for my country , it's not easy to pay and ship to , from internet .. this is why am struggeling with it ..
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