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BGman
 Post subject: WD5000AAKS PCB
PostPosted: April 9th, 2010, 6:10 
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I have received several WD5000AAKS drives which PCB's doesn't match the HDA's. The previous owner apparently has tried PCB swap.
For the older WD drives the PCB serial number was written in a firmware module. Is it the same with the current models? If yes, which module I should look at?
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 Post subject: Re: WD5000AAKS PCB
PostPosted: April 9th, 2010, 7:31 
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BGman wrote:
For the older WD drives the PCB serial number was written in a firmware module.

are you sure?
which model/s you have in mind?

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BGman
 Post subject: Re: WD5000AAKS PCB
PostPosted: April 9th, 2010, 7:45 
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harddrivespecialist wrote:
BGman wrote:
For the older WD drives the PCB serial number was written in a firmware module.

are you sure?
which model/s you have in mind?


Oops, it was with Maxtor drives. Sorry.
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unknown
 Post subject: Re: WD5000AAKS PCB
PostPosted: April 11th, 2010, 5:50 
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Quote:
which module I should look at?

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PCB serial number was written in a firmware module

Sorry, I didn't read the sentence very well.
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networkpc3000
 Post subject: Re: WD5000AAKS PCB
PostPosted: April 11th, 2010, 19:44 
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maxtors??? WD5000AAKS???

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BGman
 Post subject: Re: WD5000AAKS PCB
PostPosted: April 13th, 2010, 4:41 
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Let's try another question.
Assuming I could read both Flash and SA modules.
Which module should match Flash content if the PCB is the original?
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harddrivespecialist
 Post subject: Re: WD5000AAKS PCB
PostPosted: April 13th, 2010, 7:18 
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Portions of many modules contains flash info.

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BGman
 Post subject: Re: WD5000AAKS PCB
PostPosted: April 13th, 2010, 8:02 
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harddrivespecialist wrote:
Portions of many modules contains flash info.

OK. Which portion of flash info is unique for each drive and which module contains this portion?
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drc
 Post subject: Re: WD5000AAKS PCB
PostPosted: April 13th, 2010, 9:19 
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You don't have that many choices

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