Well, it didn't take long. I received in my first PC-Shop mangled PCB that was on a Spyglass2 HDD. The PCB shop tried removing the ROM chip. That went wrong, and they managed to bend the PCB so that the BGA chip has detached. The original fault was that the USB connector was broken away. It could have been such an easy fix...

Using a SATA based PCB I can access SA, all heads respond OK. Of course the data is encrypted by SED V2. Emulating the encryption is not possible currently.

My only other thought is based on the presumption that the Marvell 88i1047 MCU contains the SED v2 locking mechanism, and the prospect of a CPU transplant to donor PCB. Has anyone tried this yet?

I presume the USB_SATA controller transplant is not required, as this can be bypassed to access unencrypted data via E71, E72 etc. Or is there an interaction between the specific patient USB_SATA controller and CPU for SEDV2 that requires both to be transplanted?

Regards,
John

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Yes, it works.

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Thanks.

The Winbond BGA is very close to the CPU. It looks tricky not to disturb this during soldering. We shall see.

Regards,
John

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Hello,
I am working on a prospective of Developing a BGA Stencil For This CPU ,I recently had a case transplant did not work because MCU was BAD IMHO ,The Drive would spin up and then spin down ,With SATA everything Was Fine ,MCU transplant Work Flawlessly ,Try it on a working hdd and see your results ,Clean the board and the MCU then put some semi solid solder to the pads on one side and use a pointed bent soldering iron to make the balls .The try and seat it to the PCB it works

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Pickle it with low melt, then onto a heat plate and lift with blutak on a screwdriver, or just YOLO IT

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Well,
Jokes Apart Getting It Back is Not Easy Taking It Out Is

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Logical,Semi Physical And Physical Data Recovery
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