Hello,

I'm getting mad... I am trying to find a donor for a WD HDD I have here. The HDD is without label, so I have no info about it, only PCB and serial number. I attach some photos of it. HDD needs new heads.

PCB is 2060-701499-000 rev A and S/N is WXH0A9975498

PC3000 says that PCB is Denali family, and head map is 0,1,2,3. So I think it's a WD3200BEVT-XXZCTX.

I tried 3 different donors:

1)
WD3200BEVT-22ZCT0
WXE308DW9573
HHCVJHBB
02 APR 2008
Thailand
2060-701499-000

2)
WD3200BEVT-22ZCT0
WXEY08TT4122
HHNTJHB
11 JAN 2009
Malaysia
2060-701499-000

3)
WD3200BEVT-22ZCT0
WXL0E89C0022
DBNTJHBB
23 SEP 2009
Thailand
2060-701499-000

The drive always clicks with all these heads. The heads returned to donors work well.

Can you help me to find a right donor for this HDD or could you tell me where I am wrong in searching for donors?

Thanks!
Simone

It should be read the ROM on HW programmer
or
separate PCB, WD utility.

Here is the ROM... can I retreive some useful info from it?

Thanks

maybe the PCB is not the native ?!

1. Why is the label missing?
2. What was done before you got the drive?
3. As mentioned, can you be sure that this is the client original PCB?

It very likely is fatal damage, either from the original issue or as a direct result of someone else screwing around with the drive. I sure hope that your client is paying you for each donor and the time spent with the shotgun approach.

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Luke
Recovery Force Data Recovery

FW 000800FA can work on two types of Preamp:

Drive Parts Information
Controller chip vendor.................. : 0x0000
Controller chip revision................ : 0x42B1
MicroP vendor........................... : 0x0000
MicroP revision......................... : 0x42B1
Channel chip vendor..................... : 0x00E6
Channel chip revision................... : 0x0011
Preamp vendor........................... : 0x0002
Preamp revision......................... : 0x0001
Power chip vendor....................... : 0x0000
Power chip revision..................... : 0x0000

or

Drive Parts Information
Ctrl Chip Vendor........................ : 0000
Ctrl Chip Rev........................... : 42B1
MicroP Vendor........................... : 0000
MicroP Rev.............................. : 42B1
Channel Chip Vendor..................... : 00E6
Channel Chip Rev........................ : 0011
Preamp Vendor........................... : 0001
Preamp Rev.............................. : 0001
PowerIC Vendor.......................... : 0000
PowerIC Rev............................. : 0000

WD2500BMVS-11F9S0 & WD2500BEVS-60UST0 for example, has the same head map and uses the same PCB

1) The label is missing because client removed it to open the drive
2) Client says he opened the drive and then closed it
3) So maybe this is not original PCB? I had this doubt... now I ask client... I'll let you know.

I hate when people try to DIY and then bring it in for professional service after them mess it up more. They take an otherwise simple problem and create a multifaceted data recovery nightmare. And what gets me the most is the lying. I've customers lie to my face and swear it's the original PCB and was never removed when the ROM is clearly from an entirely different model. Sometimes it's not even the right PCB number at all.

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FWIW, there are Year/Week (YWW or YYWW) date codes on each of the ICs.

If you are incapable of understanding them, just upload a photo of the PCB.

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A backup a day keeps DR away.

Thanks fzabkar, here is PCB picture.

Sorry, but I don't have Superman's xray vision.

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A backup a day keeps DR away.

Those are tricky when it comes to heads and other areas in terms of compatibility. Tomset's advice is good stuff.

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Hard Disk Drive (HDD), Solid State Drive (SSD, SATA, NVMe, etc), USB Flash Drive and RAID Data Recovery Specialist in Massachusetts

Its model is > WD3200BEVT-00ZCT0

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All went well until I plugged the drive in.

so... we can assume
1) its the native PCB
2) the drive was probably manufactured around sep oct 2009
the question is in what country

have you tried heads from HDD no. 3 + the PCB from no. 3 ? i.e. using the heads + PCB from donor
(maybe the PCB is native but the ROM isn't)

BTW HDD no. 2 that you have tried

is WD2500BEVT-22ZCT0 not WD3200BEVT-22ZCT0

now I will try again heads from n.3 with pcb from n.3 and post the results...

here is another pcb pic for fzakbar

Simone

it's appear the ROM is embeded for this PCB

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Expect, the Unexpected

so ? he couldn't tampered with it ?
search the forum and you'll find out

MCU - 0934
PCB - 3309 (WWYY)
SDRAM - 0926
SMOOTH - 0938

Identifying HDD IC markings - ST313021A case study:
http://www.hddoracle.com/viewtopic.php?f=59&t=207&p=510

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A backup a day keeps DR away.

Perhaps the following information could be useful (there may be errors).

WWN (World Wide Name) = 50 014EE 258E00641


Module 47

head type = G
media type = S


preamp values


microjogs


Module 0A
DCM = |||MSGJLML

preamp type (?) = M
media type = S
head type = G


Headstack matching for Western Digital:
http://www.hddoracle.com/viewtopic.php? ... 036&p=4555

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A backup a day keeps DR away.