Hello Gurus,

The drive came to me from Kuwait opened. ( I don't know who opened it, but surely it's opened in non-controlled room with non-professional person )

The drive has a fingerprint on the top side and a ring scratch to the outer diameter ( 1 platter-2 heads ).

After replacing heads from fully matched donor, the drive spin up and calibrate normally but there's a 1 click then the drive become ready but no ID.

Any thoughts friends?

I don't know even if it's the original PCB and NV-RAM or not.

Is there a way to identify if it's the original PCB or not ?

Thanks in advance.

Post the NVRAM here

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Thanks for the reply Mr. Sean.

The label would suggest a serial number of "VCFGXZ3A" but the NVRAM doesn't agree.


The manufacture date on the cover 04MAY09) seems to match the "Mzn917" on the PCB label. That could be a YWW date code, ie week 17 of 2009, which does match the cover.

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Thanks for replying Mr. Frank.
So, is this the native PCB?

According to NVRAM n LABLE - it's not native PCB

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I may be wrong, but IIUC the serial number in the NVRAM does not match the one on the label, so it can't be native.

Here are 5 drives that appear to confirm my thinking:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/HTS543216L9SA00 ... 2206wt_918

Edit: Sorry, I didn't see the previous reply.

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Thank you very much for confirming that my friends.

Correct

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Thank you all for confirmation.
So, is there anyway to retrieve the data without original PCB+NV-RAM?

Thanks in advance.

Possible. I believe your tool has adequate fonction to try this.

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Thanks for reply Mr. Shahi.
I have MRT, but I have no access to SA ?

i'm not familiar with MRT but isn't there a function for NVRAM adjustment ?
if not PC3k does, outsource it to someone who has PC3K

Yes.

You won't get SA Access, it's normal in such circumstances.

You can try the NORMAL Mode and see

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