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djnice

Post subject: WD30EZRX spin up and down frequently

Posted: August 19th, 2015, 3:23

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Hello,

I have an 6 month old, 3 TB WD WD30EZRX-00D8PB0 HDD. The HDD was not dropped, suddenly stopped while copying.
After power on, the HDD spin up, seeking and spin down frequently. The windows does not recognize.
What is the problem? Replacing the PCB will solve the problem? I need to replace the BIOS chip on the new PCB?

Many thanks!

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Tomset

Post subject: Re: WD30EZRX spin up and down frequently

Posted: August 19th, 2015, 3:42

Joined: September 29th, 2005, 4:10
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Location: Moscow

Dead heads.

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pcimage

Post subject: Re: WD30EZRX spin up and down frequently

Posted: August 19th, 2015, 3:45

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Tomset wrote:

Dead heads.

+1

Don't waste your time or money playing with PCB.

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djnice

Post subject: Re: WD30EZRX spin up and down frequently

Posted: August 19th, 2015, 3:53

Joined: August 19th, 2015, 3:15
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Location: Hungary

Tomset wrote:

Dead heads.

Can I replace the heads manually? The data is important.

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Tomset

Post subject: Re: WD30EZRX spin up and down frequently

Posted: August 19th, 2015, 4:13

Joined: September 29th, 2005, 4:10
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Location: Moscow

djnice,
Even experienced master, choose tortured and replace heads on this model.
Sophisticated HDD - Diablo3S,
no DIY.

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chinopk

Post subject: Re: WD30EZRX spin up and down frequently

Posted: August 19th, 2015, 7:31

Joined: March 20th, 2010, 4:34
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Location: Turkey

djnice wrote:

Tomset wrote:

Dead heads.

The data is important.

contact a DR company, sorry no DIY.

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pepe

Post subject: Re: WD30EZRX spin up and down frequently

Posted: August 19th, 2015, 18:11

Joined: October 3rd, 2005, 0:40
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Location: Hungary

Head swaps are usually not recommendable for DIY, especially when the data is important.
Diablos are sensitive devices, and sometimes they come up with exotic symptoms.

Anyway, it seems we are not far from eachother, you may contact me regarding that drive.

pepe

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djnice

Post subject: Re: WD30EZRX spin up and down frequently

Posted: August 31st, 2015, 13:54

Joined: August 19th, 2015, 3:15
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Finally, I replaced the PCB and the Bios chip, and it works!
The windows shows RAW filesystem, but with GetDataBack saved everything OK!

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pepe

Post subject: Re: WD30EZRX spin up and down frequently

Posted: August 31st, 2015, 16:34

Joined: October 3rd, 2005, 0:40
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hm, you should play lottery i think...

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djnice

Post subject: Re: WD30EZRX spin up and down frequently

Posted: September 1st, 2015, 2:07

Joined: August 19th, 2015, 3:15
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pepe wrote:

hm, you should play lottery i think...

Yes

But this is a good information for anyone with a similar problem I think.

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pepe

Post subject: Re: WD30EZRX spin up and down frequently

Posted: September 1st, 2015, 5:10

Joined: October 3rd, 2005, 0:40
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generally it is very rare that a pcb swap solves such issue, would be nice to know the actual cause. It is also possible that only the contacts got oxidized, preventing good contact between preamp and pcb, but this is pretty rare as well (compared to the head failures we see).

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