WD2500bevs-26vat0

[ppumkin]

I have been bashing my brains with this hdd.

Initially plugged into DC and it went Ready- opened explorer read the partitions i could see the file structure selected the files and started to recover- after 1s sector(PIO) hard drive buzzed and did not respond.

Plugged in HD doctor. did not go ready-- tried many times- spins up 2 minutes down and twice like that.

I got it to PCB mode and read the ROM- the head map is 0,2,3,4 - is that normal?
I checked with donor and its head map is 1,2,3,4

After messing about with res file conversions and all that i tried the hot swap procedure. read patient p/glist write to donor.
The drive went ready for a while and i could read a few modules of the patient and then died completely

Using the donor pcb the drive spins up but clicks- and cannot access data.

Another thing is i cannot find the proper PCB donor based on FW xxVAxx ..

Drive does not spin up with original PCB now- stays in PCB mode in HD Doctor. can only read/write rom..

Any tips on how to rule out PCB or Heads.

Thanks for looking and for any helpful replies.

[N.C.]

good work.

This case was easy, but now it is not.
Seek for professional help (and for professional tools) ....

Janos

[ppumkin]

Thanks

PS
But my psychiatrist no longer want to help me.I am driving him nuts.