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Need WD Mybook Essential 2tb USB controller board Rev. AB
Posted: February 23rd, 2012, 17:43
by hogget
In need of a USB controller board for critical business data recovery.
Need exact match for
WD My book Essential 2tb 4061-705089-001 Rev. AB
PM me please, willing to pay top dollar
Re: Need WD Mybook Essential 2tb USB controller board Rev. A
Posted: February 23rd, 2012, 17:50
by pcimage
hogget wrote:In need of a USB controller board for critical business data recovery.
Need exact match for
WD My book Essential 2tb 4061-705089-001 Rev. AB
PM me please, willing to pay top dollar
Post a good quality photo of the offending PCB please, and I'll see what I can find.
Re: Need WD Mybook Essential 2tb USB controller board Rev. A
Posted: February 24th, 2012, 5:16
by hogget
Thanks very much for looking
My client will appreciate it. These WD enclosures are going to be the death of me....
Re: Need WD Mybook Essential 2tb USB controller board Rev. A
Posted: February 24th, 2012, 13:13
by pcimage
You have PM
Re: Need WD Mybook Essential 2tb USB controller board Rev. A
Posted: February 24th, 2012, 18:53
by fzabkar
I don't believe that you need an exact match. Any differences with a similar PCB should be accounted for if you transfer the bridge firmware to your replacement board. I can't see the markings, but the 8-pin chip at U4 appears to be the most likely candidate. If you could identify its markings, then I could confirm that for you.
Re: Need WD Mybook Essential 2tb USB controller board Rev. A
Posted: March 1st, 2012, 4:11
by hogget
Thank you fzabkar. How should I go about transferring the Firmware? will Ihave to physically switch out the chip? I am not as handy as I should be with an iron, so I would probably have to get a buddy to do it for me.
Re: Need WD Mybook Essential 2tb USB controller board Rev. A
Posted: March 1st, 2012, 4:37
by fzabkar
hogget wrote:How should I go about transferring the Firmware? will I have to physically switch out the chip?
Yes, that's the most straightforward way.
Alternatively, there is PonyProg freeware, but you will need to construct a simple interface circuit:
http://www.lancos.com/prog.htmlIn both cases you will need to be adept at using a soldering iron.