Hi Drs. Hope you all are well . I Got a Samsung ST2000LM005 Rev.A PN:HN-M201AAD/VP1 its 2 TB USB drive . Now i would like convert it to SATA interface ,so i can recover data from it . if anyone have experience with this model and like to share , it will be highly appreciated . Thanks

Can you upload a detailed photo of the PCB?

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Hi ,
Most of These Are With Very Nice And Sturdy Heads .I Got One LM Series Drive With 3 Platters And 6 Heads But It Was SATA .Never Seen a Native USB In This ,Might Be This is M9T Series New Samsung/Seagate .

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yes sure i will upload it in morning when i get a photo of that PCB

Thanks a lot Mr Fzabkar And Mr Amarbir for your attention . and sorry for last day i could not upload pics . now the latest is ... I have fixed my problem my own but i like to share with you guys . i am attaching Pics . i recovered data successfully

Just FYI, these are the SATA coupling capacitors:


BTW, Samsung's USB drives are affected by poor soldering. I have seen several cases where reflowing the power related solder connections near the USB connector recovers the PCB. That would have been my first point of attack before searching for a new PCB.

(I'm assuming that the "fluff" near the crystal and MCU can be cleaned up and does not reflect some kind of physical damage.)

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Thanks Fzabkar your point is Very important ! Actually someone worked on this drive before me. i know if there is some moisture,paste or oil etc near the crystal oscillator it can create effect on Crystal's frequency .... i always check Electronic components before swapping donor PCB or working on patient PCB . That PCB was useless when i attached SATA Bord thats why i did not clean. I appreciate your focus .I guess you are good in electronics as you also pointed PF points for SATA . By the way, i was also discovered Tx+ve,Tx-ve,Rx-ve ,Rx+ve,VCC ,GND points on this USB card before you told me . But your attention is valuable for me and again thanks.

hi, i'm sorry to revive an old topic but i have the same drive whose usb port was broken; i'd liko to tray to solder sata cable on the correct pads, i understand where tx and rx are located but, sorry if the question is stupid for you but, where i take vcc 5v? In altenative, i'm considering buying a st2000LM003 which has a sata port pcb. Thanks for the help!

The easier way is to provide power ( and ground ) through the usb connector. Can´t you attach it somehow ? Just a couple pins ( VCC and GND ) need to be connected.

hi, thank you for your suggest, i'll try; another question, sorry, the upper capacitors shown in the previous picture, are for TX or RX sata connection?