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smecca
 Post subject: Wd charger pcb with broken pcb and mcu.
PostPosted: June 16th, 2026, 1:49 
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Hi,
A wd charger 2 TB come from customer with fisically broken pcb and MCU :|
Rom is good.
Is data recovery still possible?
Thanks in advance for help and advices
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Lukas
 Post subject: Re: Wd charger pcb with broken pcb and mcu.
PostPosted: June 16th, 2026, 4:45 
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What happened to the MCU?
smecca wrote:
Is data recovery still possible?

We don't know, but the easiest way is to check...

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smecca
 Post subject: Re: Wd charger pcb with broken pcb and mcu.
PostPosted: June 16th, 2026, 8:48 
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Hi, thank for you reply
Customer tryied a diy usb port repair. Badly badly done. It ended xracking pcb along usb port side, cracking an angle of mcu.


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Lukas
 Post subject: Re: Wd charger pcb with broken pcb and mcu.
PostPosted: June 16th, 2026, 9:10 
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The quickest way is to replace it with a compatible PCB and check if the encryption is active.
Are you sure it's a crack?

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smecca
 Post subject: Re: Wd charger pcb with broken pcb and mcu.
PostPosted: June 16th, 2026, 11:14 
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Pretty sure. Later i will desolder the die to inspect downside and pads conditions

Already tryied to use alternative compatible pcb (usb 800067) and hdd is ok, spins, ready state, sector edit:encrypted. If it is encrypted via usb i thing noway using full conversion procedure
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michael chiklis
 Post subject: Re: Wd charger pcb with broken pcb and mcu.
PostPosted: June 16th, 2026, 14:43 
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Try to contact einstein9, maybe he knows how to crack key on this drive
https://forum.hddguru.com/viewtopic.php?f=13&t=45608

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pepe
 Post subject: Re: Wd charger pcb with broken pcb and mcu.
PostPosted: June 16th, 2026, 17:17 
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it was not even mentioned which version it was (no model number, anything). If it is an old model, pcb swap is possible. Let's hear some more info about the drive, pls.

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