i am dealing with a WD1200JS-00MHB1.
in the atola shows the details below
after 2-3 minutes the HDD is initialized it does a click.
do you think if i change the PCB wil fix the problem?
i still need the F/W of that model though.
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Device information:
WDC WD1200JS-00MHB1
Serial number: WD-WCANP1056696
Firmware revision: 10.02E01
Capacity: 234,441,648 sectors or 120,034,123,776 bytes
512 bytes per sector

Diagnostics results
No major hardware or firmware issues have been found.
Unable to complete the head stack test because the device cannot be identified.
SMART status: bad drive. Usually it is a good indication of media defects.

The device did not become ready in a timely manner.
Still waiting for the device - this may take up to two minutes.
Device is ready
Registers: 0101 0001 0001 0000 0000 E0E0 5050 Alt: 5050
Peak power consumption during spin-up: 5V line = 974.12 mA; 12V line = 1596.07 mA
Status register seems to be valid.
Interface check passed.
Device has been identified: WDC WD1200JS-00MHB1 SN: WD-WCANP1056696
Circuit board looks fine

Media Surface
Media test has been skipped because head stack test was not properly finished.
Firmware
Device is not locked.
Device identification data looks fine.
Max Address according to device ID: 234,441,647
Native Max Address Ext: 234,441,647
Max Address from DCO: 234,441,647
Reported capacity looks logically correct.
Performing SMART checks...
SMART status: bad drive. Usually it is a good indication of media defects.
# Attribute Name Value Worst Threshold RAW
95 98 98 0 536,870,944
223 Load retry count 1 1 255 524,372
239 1 1 0 65,535
255 255 255 255 -1
Firmware looks fine

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so i suppose that if i find the firmware i will get the result.

any help with that?
thank you in advance

Reading heads failure.

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so you think i should install the F/W or changing the heads?

hi,
looks your drive got week head. change head if you need take off data from it or try to read as more as you can first. i have FW(WD1200JS-00MHB0) please contact me if need help. i would like to share with you.

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Do not change the heads yourself. Do get a proper diagnosis.

A professional DR service can confidently diagnose and save your data. Seems like you have weak and failing recording heads, and prolonged usage or repeated recovery attempts will render the heads dead and this will make for a more complex and expensive recovery.

If data is not important, you can try making a clone of the device, but without knowing the extent of the failure this could also kill the disk.