Frons wrote:
Hi all,
First of all, I'm new on this forum. I've read a lot of topics and post for the repair for a Barracuda ST500DM002. It is an F3 line.
I would like to have some feedback on my plan of action.
Situation:
Drive doesn't spin. I have got several drives with the same pcb and that are a match with the Donor Drive Donor Matching Guide. I've put the bad pcb on a working drive, and it won't spin either, so there is something wrong with the pcb of the defective drive.
Question:
- soldering and transferring bios chip is the only option / is the way to go?
- backing up rom settings and loading on new pcb is that in a way possible?
Just to be sure before I head to a store where they have a hot air gun..
Have you tried the donor PCB on the patient drive just to make sure it spins. If the original PCB had some sort of electrical failure/surge it may have affected the read-write heads inside the drive.
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