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i am having an issue with the above drive, drive came in after being plugged incorrectly into a external ide case, the Marvel chip on board is physically blown apart, there is no individual rom chip on this board.
the patient drive is MHV2060AT PL
manufactured 2006-03
part no CA06557-B39100TW
09DE5A-000000A0
on pcb label VD6508
406CD
Ca21332-B64X

my donor drive is
MHV2060AT PL
manufactured 2006-05
part no CA06557-B39100TW
09DE5A-000000A0
on pcb label VD6304
404CD
Ca21332-B64X


i swapped board hoping rom was compataible
, drive powers up, sounds normalo and gets ready straight away
drive wont id
i get the following error

Reading module table from SA...
SA module table isunreadable!
Error adding RAM module information : Invalid RAM module ID (22)
Loading : HS, head map module......................................... : Error
Error................................................................. : Can`t read module 0104 from HDD
Loading : PL, single sector defect list and zone allocation table modu : Error
Error................................................................. : Can`t read module 0102 from HDD

i am not sure if this is due to a incompataible board, possibly different rom or possible head damage loking at the damamge to the marvel processor.
i am looking for your thoughts on this one,
if you susopect rom issue can you please provide me with a rom file for this drive so that i can try another if you have any.


thank you in advance

I think scratched platters. Have you opened to check?

Listen carefully to the sound the drive makes when powering up.

Do you hear the heads come out and attempt to calibrate, or no head sweeping sounds at all?

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Hi thankyou for answers
Pcimage it sounds extremely quiet when I listen very carefully
It definitely spins up but you can't really hear any calibration attempts
Bit that said the donor drive sounds extremely quiet also
Are you thinking heads are not unloading ?
Thankyou

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Angel Data Recovery

Exactly what I was getting at

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Thankyou for answers guys
It is what I suspected as my donor board looked to be a very good match
Wanted to check with the experts for an opinion
Will carry out hs and advice
Thankyou

update on the drive
heads have been replaced, now when the drive spins up you can hear the heads unload and try and calibrate but there is a slight clicking sound, the drive remains bsy and will not id.

i placed the original patient heads into the donor drive and replaced the donor board back to donor drive, upon applying power to the drive the drive beahves exactly as the patient did initially, where as pcimage pointed out the drive did not unlad heads.

so it looks like the patient drive has damaged heads and damaged pcb


the error log from the patient drive with the donor board and donor heads is
Selected family......................... : MHV2xxxAT/AH
Selected model.......................... : MHV2060AT
Model by HDD ID......................... : <HDD ID NOT READ>

Reading module table from SA...
SA module table isunreadable!
Loading : HS, head map module......................................... : Error
Error................................................................. : Drive not ready
Loading : PL, single sector defect list and zone allocation table modu : Error
Error................................................................. : Drive not ready

upper surface of platter is scratch free and clean

any other ideas ?

thank you