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Hameed
 Post subject: PCB Swapping for Hitachi Travelstar 2.5 60GB SATA
PostPosted: July 1st, 2010, 18:33 
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Greetings ,

I am new here, and I have never done any PCB swapping before. So please be easy on me :wink:

I have a burned PCB on my HITACHI drive because of wrong voltage, I went and bought a matching PCB (I tried to match everything).
Now, what is the next step? just replace the PCB and go? or I must do other stuff?

I appreciate if someone could tell me if there is any online step by step guide.

many thinks
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rameez
 Post subject: Re: PCB Swapping for Hitachi Travelstar 2.5 60GB SATA
PostPosted: July 3rd, 2010, 6:01 
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Location: In ur HDD !
You have to change Rom chip on the drive , use the search function on this forum you can find detailed help .
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Hameed
 Post subject: Re: PCB Swapping for Hitachi Travelstar 2.5 60GB SATA
PostPosted: July 3rd, 2010, 7:46 
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Rameez,

thank you for the tip, I would look for more information about changing the rom
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Hameed
 Post subject: Re: PCB Swapping for Hitachi Travelstar 2.5 60GB SATA
PostPosted: July 6th, 2010, 15:25 
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according to the guy who sold me the PCB, it should work with simply switching the PCB , can someone confirm this?

Here is the original drive details:
Model# HTS541060G9SA00
Part# 0A27303
MLC# DA1265

Original PCB details:
OA26800
DA1189A
M3f541
46LG

New PCB details
OA26800
DA1189A
MzM601
H5V5
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pcimage
 Post subject: Re: PCB Swapping for Hitachi Travelstar 2.5 60GB SATA
PostPosted: July 6th, 2010, 16:18 
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He's either lying, stupid or thinks you are gonna get lucky in a 10000/1 chance of a new PCB working without NVRAM transfer.

That or you have misunderstood him.

I have only ever seen it on one occasion where one PCB will work on two drives of this type without NVRAM transfer, and I've seen lots!!!

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granaryloaf
 Post subject: Re: PCB Swapping for Hitachi Travelstar 2.5 60GB SATA
PostPosted: July 6th, 2010, 17:36 
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Whilst the PCB is certainly a compatible donor you will need to get that NV-RAM content over to it.

You may be able to adapt the resident NV-Ram on the part to work with the failed drive using specialist data recovery equipment also. Otherwise a physical swap will be required, this can also be tricky without the proper equipment.

Assess your own ability, if you are up to the component swap then determine which chip is the NV-RAM (you might get help here) and go for it. If the data is critical and you cannot run the risk of losing it (or if it belongs to somebody else), YOU MUST start trying to find a pro. This might just be he place to find that person.
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fzabkar
 Post subject: Re: PCB Swapping for Hitachi Travelstar 2.5 60GB SATA
PostPosted: July 7th, 2010, 2:48 
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Hameed wrote:
according to the guy who sold me the PCB, it should work with simply switching the PCB.

If you upload a detailed photo of your PCB, one of us will be able to identify the components for you.
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Hameed
 Post subject: Re: PCB Swapping for Hitachi Travelstar 2.5 60GB SATA
PostPosted: July 8th, 2010, 6:32 
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Thank you guys,
you helped me a lot, just to clear all doubts about which rom I should swap, am attaching a picture of the original PCB showing the burned area. It would be great if you could show me the exact part.

Best wishes


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File comment: Picture of my original burned PCB
IMG_4297.jpg
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pcimage
 Post subject: Re: PCB Swapping for Hitachi Travelstar 2.5 60GB SATA
PostPosted: July 8th, 2010, 7:16 
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The NVRAM chip is U6.

Transfer this over to the PCB and assuming it's "only" a PCB problem and the NVRAM is OK then it should work.

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unknown
 Post subject: Re: PCB Swapping for Hitachi Travelstar 2.5 60GB SATA
PostPosted: July 8th, 2010, 9:16 
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Becareful.
Only one mistake and you will ruin DIY chances and will make the recovery cost jump to $$$$.

Good luck
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Hameed
 Post subject: Re: PCB Swapping for Hitachi Travelstar 2.5 60GB SATA
PostPosted: July 8th, 2010, 10:16 
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I think I should take my PCB to a pro to swap the NVRAM
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pcimage
 Post subject: Re: PCB Swapping for Hitachi Travelstar 2.5 60GB SATA
PostPosted: July 8th, 2010, 16:35 
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Hameed wrote:
I think I should take my PCB to a pro to swap the NVRAM


Or at least someone with expert soldering equipment and skills.

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Hameed
 Post subject: Re: PCB Swapping for Hitachi Travelstar 2.5 60GB SATA
PostPosted: October 16th, 2010, 6:06 
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Guys,

is there any place I can send my PCB to and they do the swap and send it back?

regards,
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fzabkar
 Post subject: Re: PCB Swapping for Hitachi Travelstar 2.5 60GB SATA
PostPosted: October 17th, 2010, 3:35 
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Your local TV/AV repair shop should be able to do it for you. It's a relatively simple soldering job.

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Hameed
 Post subject: Re: PCB Swapping for Hitachi Travelstar 2.5 60GB SATA
PostPosted: October 31st, 2010, 9:45 
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Alright guys,
I managed to get the NVRAM swapped to the compatible donor board , and connected the hardisk to my laptop via a USB-Sata adapter, however it didn't recognize it, I tried many times and once or twice I saw the partitions and the Auto-play dialog appears. But it disappeared before I copy the files. I think I am almost there , but I need some tips or a a software to help me out
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pcimage
 Post subject: Re: PCB Swapping for Hitachi Travelstar 2.5 60GB SATA
PostPosted: October 31st, 2010, 11:02 
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Probably bad sectors.

Image it sector-by-sector with a non-windows imaging s/w to a good HDD.

(e.g. Media Tools Pro, dd_rescue)

Then try and read the image you have made.

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Hameed
 Post subject: Re: PCB Swapping for Hitachi Travelstar 2.5 60GB SATA
PostPosted: October 31st, 2010, 15:05 
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Do I need to connect it directly via Sata or I still can use USB in Linux for example
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pcimage
 Post subject: Re: PCB Swapping for Hitachi Travelstar 2.5 60GB SATA
PostPosted: November 1st, 2010, 5:08 
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sata would be better

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