BlackST wrote:
joe1203 wrote:
god is dead

... your drive too and your wallet will not be so good , I think.

Just curious : what do you plan to do with SD box ? Have you ever worked with it ?
I have ZERO experience with SD Box, but here is my rough plan
1) Download firmware from donor drive
2) Backup the MCU adaptive data from malfunctioned drive (abb. as MHD)
3) Connect MHD to the box
4) Do SA defect scan
5) If fail, probably broken heads -> send to pros to fix it. (Since I need to recover all data, disabling the broken heads are not a good idea)
6) If head is ok, do SA defect scan
7) If ok, power off the drive and see if it works
7) If no, do FW upload

If still not work, send to pros