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I'm looking for a PCB for it. It clicks and ticks, but never gets connected to the computer.

Thanks for your help everyone.

It's less likely to be a PCB problem and most likely to be failing/failed heads.

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Well I have a couple of old WD drives, what drives are safe to take the heads from?

That's not going to work.

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You don't have to backup all of your files, just the ones you want to keep.

So I have to get heads from another WD-1600JS?

Head replacement is very challenging process, which requires a lot of experience and knowledge.
Plus your problem has to be accurately diagnosed prior to any recovery attempts.

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Well I cant afford to spend $1,000 to get the data recovered, so either I'm trying it or it's not getting done.

Can you afford $0 and perhaps $20-$30 in shipping to at least have it evaluated? There are plenty of places that will do that, and then you will at least have a real diagnosis and price quote...

You really have zero chance of success at doing a head swap on this drive yourself, if that's even what it needs

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You don't have to backup all of your files, just the ones you want to keep.

It might not cost you that amount, it could be much less, but by trying, you will definitely create more problems and your data might not be recoverable at all or it will cost you double or triple that amount.

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Well the hard drive PCB is getting really hot. And that is the cause of the failure I believe. That is why I thought it was the PCB that fried.

Any theories or why the board heats up so fast?

Landmine> Read the posts about PCB match. Buy yourself a board (2061-701335-b00-AF* (AF Apple Firmware)) , swap the Flash chip (U12 on your PCB) yourself or (better idea!!!) find someone who is handy with a soldering Iron.

Might cost you 40-50 USD but it wont killl the drive, if your lucky :O)

*AF not so important

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All went well until I plugged the drive in.

on this drive more chance of heads being the problem but "He who dares wins" !

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All went well until I plugged the drive in.