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Help ! Hitachi PCB issue

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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Re: Help ! Hitachi PCB issue

May 21st, 2015, 18:16

have you checked the status of PUIS ?

Re: Help ! Hitachi PCB issue

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.

Re: Help ! Hitachi PCB issue

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 ..

Re: Help ! Hitachi PCB issue

May 22nd, 2015, 10:01

Did you check fuse at F1, as pcimage suggested?

Re: Help ! Hitachi PCB issue

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

Re: Help ! Hitachi PCB issue

May 23rd, 2015, 3:51

Hello again

the fuse and the 0 OHM resistor are OK

nop! India is almost 1400 Km away ..

Re: Help ! Hitachi PCB issue

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.

Re: Help ! Hitachi PCB issue

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

Re: Help ! Hitachi PCB issue

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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Re: Help ! Hitachi PCB issue

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 ...

Re: Help ! Hitachi PCB issue

May 29th, 2015, 9:57

raven4d wrote:unfortunately i didnt manage to get any donor PCB

http://www.ebay.com/itm/360755858208

Re: Help ! Hitachi PCB issue

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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