Hi guys, new to the forum. hope all is well.

I am hoping you have an answer for me that will help.

I have 2 2tb Samsung drives, 1 of them has the PCB that has a burned out motor controller chip (i think) and i need to get the data from it if i can - the 2nd drive is identical apart from one of the components says 4R7E instead of 4R7, i am not sure if it makes a difference because i don't know what it is.

if i try and swap over the boards all i get is a kind of beeping sound as if the heads are trying to spin up but cant.

Thanks in advance

Nathan

Just for viewing pleasure i am attaching the images of the pcbs.

Those components are identical. From what you describe i would say stiction. Probably not DIY.

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Are you prepared to pay for professional services? If not, and if the only alternative is to throw the drive away, then try some "percussive maintenance".

BTW, I don't whether your model has unique information on the PCB. If it does, then you will need to transfer the 8-pin serial flash memory chip (below the SDRAM), or its contents, from patient to donor.

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Hi, The heads don't spin, the patters do. I know what you mean though, and swapping the boards without ID the problem could leave you with 2 blown up boards and no data.

I would suggest contacting a pro. If the Dobre's theory is correct, it is not DIY and anything more you do can be the kiss of death for your data.

I know people must think that we suggest a pro because some pros frequent this forum and we want to drum up business. Well, I am not a pro, but I have seen that yes there are DIY fixes but the percentage of DIY to Pro fixes is small.

Maybe read Jon's draft paper here for what I mean.

http://forum.hddguru.com/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=26584

Cheers

thanks for the info guys, i think i'll send it off just got to get quotes now.