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Author:  aaustin [ July 16th, 2008, 14:07 ]
Post subject:  WANTED: SEAGATE BARRACUDA 7200.8 300 GIG ST3300831A FIRMWAR

My drive spins up, but will not recognize in Bios. Need replacement controller.

SEAGATE BARRACUDA 7200.8
300 Gbyte
ST3300831A
FIRMWAR E 3.01


No visible damage to board, but I'm desperate- worth the $$ to try.

Author:  rameez [ July 17th, 2008, 15:17 ]
Post subject:  Re: WANTED: SEAGATE BARRACUDA 7200.8 300 GIG ST3300831A FIRMWAR

Post a pic of the PCB .

Author:  aaustin [ July 18th, 2008, 2:52 ]
Post subject:  Re: WANTED: SEAGATE BARRACUDA 7200.8 300 GIG ST3300831A FIRMWAR

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Author:  dobrevjetser [ July 18th, 2008, 3:00 ]
Post subject:  Re: WANTED: SEAGATE BARRACUDA 7200.8 300 GIG ST3300831A FIRMWAR

Hi,

Better do a proper diagnosis before buying a board.
Try to put the terminal-output of the board here. If you dont know how to do, look in other postings on hddguru. It's all explained there.

Best regards,

Dobre

Author:  aaustin [ July 18th, 2008, 3:26 ]
Post subject:  Re: WANTED: SEAGATE BARRACUDA 7200.8 300 GIG ST3300831A FIRMWAR

Thanks for the advice. I'll read a bit more, then post the terminal output here.

Author:  aaustin [ July 18th, 2008, 9:16 ]
Post subject:  Re: WANTED: SEAGATE BARRACUDA 7200.8 300 GIG ST3300831A FIRMWAR

Am I correct that to post the terminal output, I need to build this,
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then connect it to the correct pins on the hdd,
and post the information as it appears in a HyperTerminal window?

Thanks!

Author:  rchadwick [ July 18th, 2008, 9:36 ]
Post subject:  Re: WANTED: SEAGATE BARRACUDA 7200.8 300 GIG ST3300831A FIRMWAR

That's pretty much it.

If you're alergic to soldering, you can get these premade on Ebay.

Author:  aaustin [ July 18th, 2008, 9:47 ]
Post subject:  Re: WANTED: SEAGATE BARRACUDA 7200.8 300 GIG ST3300831A FIRMWAR

I'll throw it together this afternoon. If I wasn't so miserable about having lost my data, I'd say this is turning out to be alot of fun! Thanks for all the help.

Author:  rchadwick [ July 18th, 2008, 10:20 ]
Post subject:  Re: WANTED: SEAGATE BARRACUDA 7200.8 300 GIG ST3300831A FIRMWAR

It can be a lot of fun, if it's not your data :)

Author:  rameez [ July 19th, 2008, 14:02 ]
Post subject:  Re: WANTED: SEAGATE BARRACUDA 7200.8 300 GIG ST3300831A FIRMWAR

I have pcb for the drive u can PM for more info .

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