My old 80gb started spouting blue smoke a few months ago. After buying a Torx set and peeling off the pcb (and searching online), it was evident that the motor controller finally fried.

I saw one on ebay for the exact model and the seller asks for a DCM and everything. People from other forums say it worked out for them, but it costs $73 just to get the customized board shipped here.

So... Anyone have a spare PCB? and/or know how to get a firmware chip onto a different PCB?

thanks

_________________
Buy your friends Toshiba\Hitachi and your enemies Seagate.

I have pcb for the drive .