Greetings Guru's,
I have been browsing this forum for a couple of months and am totally impressed with all the information and knowledge possessed by the members here. Despite the wealth of information and my extensive use of the "search" tool I am really confused about the PCB swap scenario. I need to replace the PCB on my Maxtor DM9 160GB but just as many other members I am having a hard time finding a compatible good PCB. The reason I beleive it is the PCB is that right after a power company surge the smoke leaked out of the 8-pin Q500 I.C and the drive stopped spinning and started emitting the infamous actuator/head chirping.

Here are the details of my drive.

Front Label:

Manufactured: 31 Oct 2003
Code: YAR41BWO K,G,B,D
S/N: Y42TRP7E
Model: 6Y160P0042211

PCB Data:

Calypso III #301599100 (107 ink stamp on underside

of pcb)

Bar Code on IDE Connector:20103LJJHMER F8FYA
Bar Code on Power Molex:MAANYTVZ


Main IC: ARDENTC8-C1 040111300
Motor Combo IC: L7250E 1.2

What is the most relevant of all this data when searching for a pcb? What MUST match in order to increase my chances of recovering my data?

Thank you!

A good guide is manufacture date, if it's within 2 weeks and same model, then it should be OK.

chewbacca, there is sticky article in the top of the board that will answer most of your questions.
Hope this help.
Regards

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Capacity, model name, bar code - all this is not important for PCB swap.
You just need to match family(Calypso AKA DM9) and first link on main chip(ARDENT C8-C1).

OK gentlemen...from what you have told me and what I have read is that I should look for a drive with a build date within two weeks of my original build date and model number such as 6Y160Pxxx22xx. A PCB purchase should be Calypso III #301599100 and match the ARDENT C8-C1 040111300...is this correct?

I have to some problem. Bad power (change 5V and 12V) burn Q500.
I was change PCB but no equivalent (301862101, FRM:M8FYB, 6Y160P0042811). HDD no read but Q500 OK.
I am looking for 6Y160P0042201,FRM:J4FYA PCB:301599100.
Can you help my, pls??
THANKS

Hi,

ahh, yes. Replace U200.

pepe

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