hello can someone give us some advice

i got a seagate barracuda 7200.11 500gb

this was working in my arcade machine and has now just clicks away
i ran atola and it comes back head-stack fail.

the drive itself is cloned into the arcade machine
by a id code.
so the only way is to get a replacement headstack to get it working again

can someone tell us what headstack will work with this hard drive no problem

enclose is the information


SN: 9QM37EEP

P/N 9BX154-303

FIRMWARE SD15

DATE CODE 08402

SITE CODE KRATSG

PRODUCT OF THAILAND

PCB 100466725 REV A

BAR CODE 100468974 J

Hi craig,

For this drives only model and the first 3 symbols of the S/N are enough.

Regards

Maestro

Sometimes... you can get away with just matching the 2nd and 3rd of the serial... (1st is manufacturing plant).... best practice when using this method is dates... get em as close as poss..

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hello thanks for your advice and help guys

i did a head stack replacement once i did this i booted my arcade machine up
and it loaded up fine no other issues
just hope nothing else goes wrong
as the drives cost $500 each

You replaced the heads in a 500gb 7200.11 and it booted straight up in the machine and worked with no issues??

I'm finding that very difficult to believe!!

Unless I'm missing something??

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the correct way and information for headstack replacement
must match the following


Full Model Number
Site code
Full part number or first 3 characters in serial number
Firmware. match

I have to agree with PCImage, cant see it booting like new after head change. Also, if your paying $1 per GB on your donors your getting a raw deal...

the drives for arcade machines are expensive not cheap.
what your saying is that the id has to be cloned to the new drive
which i did

explain why it would not work

The HDD is independant of its original operating environment when used as parts. It does not have to be from the same machine, just needs to be compatible in that parts are interchangeable.

Also, you did not mention it was cloned:




What is unlikely is to work with the repaired disk with no errors. Working with a clone is a different story as the clone would never have failed and never have needed repairs

well you can clone the hard drive no problem
later on

but with arcade machines the id is matched with the system and software
when it loads up
if it does not match it fails

this is to stop you from copying it to other arcade machines
but by changing or cloning the id it works fine.

i know these drives are not that great.
and are well known for failing.
for now its working

You did not mention this, hence my sceptism!

Although I think communication wires have got crossed somewhere along the line

Whatever, glad you got it working!

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