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Toshiba Q300 120gb

Posted: March 22nd, 2016, 7:29
by DRUG
This disk is one week old, doesn't power up. Where should i check for fails?

Re: Toshiba Q300 120gb

Posted: March 22nd, 2016, 10:43
by barryware
Looks like F1 is missing.. May have fallen off?

Sure looks like the space was populated to me.. Empty pads will not look like that after tinning / reflowing..

Re: Toshiba Q300 120gb

Posted: March 22nd, 2016, 12:50
by DRUG
barryware wrote:Looks like F1 is missing.. May have fallen off?

Sure looks like the space was populated to me.. Empty pads will not look like that after tinning / reflowing..


Hey, I took it out of the enclosure (with void seal) and the F1 was already looking like this :s

Re: Toshiba Q300 120gb

Posted: March 22nd, 2016, 13:13
by fzabkar
barryware wrote:Looks like F1 is missing.. May have fallen off?

Sure looks like the space was populated to me.. Empty pads will not look like that after tinning / reflowing..

It looks odd, but it's normal. U30 is an e-fuse, and D2 is reserved for a TVS diode. The circuit can use either an e-fuse or a regular fuse plus a TVS diode.

See https://forum.hddguru.com/viewtopic.php?f=10&t=32997