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How to recover data from Fujitsu MPG3409AH with faulty chip?

February 21st, 2006, 0:07

I have a Fujitsu MPG3409AH-EF drive which appears to have faulty circuit board, this drive has firmware version 800-C3C5. The problem is likely to be the well known problem described at:
http://www.fcpa.fujitsu.com/products/ha ... t-faq.html

I also have another fully working Fujitsu MPG3409AH-EF drive with firmware 600-C3C5.

What issues should I consider before I swap the circuit boards and attempt data recovery on the faulty drive?

February 21st, 2006, 2:38

Replace boards if there are no mistakes in SA, all you will restore.

Recover data from Fujitsu MPG3409AH-EF

February 21st, 2006, 15:40

I made a mistake in my original posting, I mis-typed the first firmware version number.

The dead drive firmware is actually 800-C3C7.
The working drive firmware is 600-C3C5.

C7 compared to C5, is this a problem?

February 21st, 2006, 16:53

remove old flash chip, put it to new board. you can not use the new board directly.
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