Burnt HDD

[Chrisfgee]

Hi All I'm new to this forum so if these questions are inapproproiate just tell me where to look. Thanks in advance!
I had slaved my wifes crashed HDD from her laptop to recover the data and when I hooked my slave drive back up (the one with my Itunes directory BTW) there was a puff of smoke. The drive seems completely dead, no spinning or clicking, not seen by the BIOS and computer wont boot with it attached. Anyway from reading the forum it seems like I could replace the logic board. It is a WD Caviar SE 320 gb. Where would one get a board or is there a shop that specializes in this type of repair. Again thanks and any help is appreciated.

[pepe]

Hi,

I can help U in Hungary...
Or U can try to find a drive with compatible PCB or buy a similar drive and swap the Flash ROM to make sure it is compatible.

regards,
pepe

[Chrisfgee]

Thanks for the reply, I'm in USA. How do you know if a PCB is compatiable? Just if the connector lines up, is that enough? is flashing ROM on HDD similar to bios or firmware update?

[pepe]

Hi,

No, HDD 'flashing' is not that easy if even possible. Some PCBs use flash ROM, some not, so
U have to match the processor type at least (like ARDENT C8-C1).
If your burnt PCB has U401 installed (ROM), U have to try to find a replacement board with the same processor and U401 installed, then swap the ROM ICs if neccessary.

regards,
pepe

[Starling]

It's WD
You have to match WDxx00YY-xxYYxx, where xx is not important, YY is important.

[pepe]

I misunderstood something really badly, sorry.
Why did I think it is about a maxtor drive?
Might be there's another similar topic... I have to look...

pepe