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ktheking
 Post subject: Generic controller board
PostPosted: April 11th, 2010, 19:05 
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Is there such a thing as a generic controller board,in which you can upload firmware ,so that the drive can be accessed again ?
This would make it easier to find a donor controller board to test stuff.
(I know some brands like WD do store SA information on chips on the controller board ,but some don't. And maybe there's a way to get this info from the broken board ,and transfer to this generic one ?)
Thanks in advance for sharing the info ...

K.
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harddrivespecialist
 Post subject: Re: Generic controller board
PostPosted: April 11th, 2010, 21:39 
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No, there is no such a thing as universal board that will be able to fit different types of drives.

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BlackST
 Post subject: Re: Generic controller board
PostPosted: April 12th, 2010, 5:34 
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Would you put a Volvo engine into a Volkswagen and expect it will work ?
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fzabkar
 Post subject: Re: Generic controller board
PostPosted: April 12th, 2010, 6:44 
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BlackST wrote:
Would you put a Volvo engine into a Volkswagen and expect it will work ?

Here's a V8 engine (turbo) in a VW bug:

http://cache.jalopnik.com/assets/images ... 091c_o.jpg

http://www.moviedownloadslibrary.com/me ... G_0246.jpg
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notme
 Post subject: Re: Generic controller board
PostPosted: April 12th, 2010, 6:58 
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Good point fzabkar :D Gotcha BlackST!!!!! :D
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BlackST
 Post subject: Re: Generic controller board
PostPosted: April 12th, 2010, 7:40 
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Si vede che non avete un [censored] .... da fare nella vita.
(It's evident you don't have [censored....anything better] to do in your life).
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hddguy
 Post subject: Re: Generic controller board
PostPosted: April 12th, 2010, 8:13 
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BlackST wrote:
Si vede che non avete un [censored] .... da fare nella vita.
(It's evident you don't have [censored....anything better] to do in your life).


I thought that this was already common knowledge with him... :lol:
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BlackST
 Post subject: Re: Generic controller board
PostPosted: April 12th, 2010, 8:15 
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Incredibly , a lot of spare time wasted... in Italy we have this ... "COLORFUL" way to say it... anyway, it's not a problem.
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guru
 Post subject: Re: Generic controller board
PostPosted: April 12th, 2010, 11:07 
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Looks like Frank is turning to the darkside MLOA

Picture of Frank www.theregister.co.uk/2005/10/03/darf.jpg
Link to Darf's BIO http://members.shaw.ca/david.p.z.888/st ... vader.html
The hardware can be purchased from http://www.buycostumes.com/Star-Wars-Su ... E-shopping

How to speak like darf http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index ... 221AAJmsUP

:O)

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guru
 Post subject: Re: Generic controller board
PostPosted: April 12th, 2010, 11:11 
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How to swap engine http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Engine_swap
Manual for latest Beetle http://www.myacrobatpdf.com/1414/volksw ... -2007.html
Toolkit http://www.wolfsburgwest.com/wolfsburg_ ... oolkit.cfm
Wiki en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volkswagen_Beetle
History www.volkswest.co.uk/beetle_history.html

The insect kind

Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Subclass: Pterygota
Infraclass: Neoptera
Superorder: Endopterygota
Order: Coleoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Suborders

Adephaga
Archostemata
Myxophaga
Polyphaga

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BlackST
 Post subject: Re: Generic controller board
PostPosted: April 12th, 2010, 11:14 
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Now I get where the booze at my party ended :mrgreen:

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fzabkar
 Post subject: Re: Generic controller board
PostPosted: April 12th, 2010, 17:19 
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guru wrote:
The insect kind

Adephaga
Archostemata
Myxophaga
Polyphaga

Coprophaga:
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_8yBmwXW4XEM/S ... BEETLE.jpg
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rameez
 Post subject: Re: Generic controller board
PostPosted: April 12th, 2010, 21:45 
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Location: In ur HDD !
lol :D
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drc
 Post subject: Re: Generic controller board
PostPosted: April 12th, 2010, 21:56 
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OH SNAP

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