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pmd5700
 Post subject: Burnt Chip on WD PCB
PostPosted: December 29th, 2018, 17:01 
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I have a WD800JB-00JJA0. I hooked it up to a faulty external drive enclosure and burnt up something on the PCB. It looks like it’s “L4”. It looks melted. Possibly C62, too. Any idea how I could fix this? Or at least temporarily use it to get the data off?
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 Post subject: Re: Burnt Chip on WD PCB
PostPosted: December 29th, 2018, 19:31 
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 Post subject: Re: Burnt Chip on WD PCB
PostPosted: December 29th, 2018, 23:09 
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It appears that the failed inductor (L4) is in series with the +5V supply. Therefore I expect there is further damage, possibly to the preamp. :-(

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pmd5700
 Post subject: Re: Burnt Chip on WD PCB
PostPosted: December 29th, 2018, 23:57 
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fzabkar wrote:
It appears that the failed inductor (L4) is in series with the +5V supply. Therefore I expect there is further damage, possibly to the preamp. :-(

Would this mean I would need to replace the board? Or is the entire drive likely dead?
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datahaze
 Post subject: Re: Burnt Chip on WD PCB
PostPosted: December 30th, 2018, 2:28 
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pmd5700 wrote:
fzabkar wrote:
It appears that the failed inductor (L4) is in series with the +5V supply. Therefore I expect there is further damage, possibly to the preamp. :-(

Would this mean I would need to replace the board? Or is the entire drive likely dead?


If the preamp is damaged, you will need to replace the head stack assembly. If it's just the PCB, a PCB swap (and ROM swap) will do the trick.
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pmd5700
 Post subject: Re: Burnt Chip on WD PCB
PostPosted: December 30th, 2018, 10:25 
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Spildit wrote:
I wiuld replace the PCB + ROM chip (or ROM CODE).

If the drive just clicks the pre-amp (inside the drive) is gone and if you do need to recover the data out of the drive you will need to send it to a professional data recovery firm.

DO NOT OPEN THE DRIVE YOURSELF outside a HEPA 100 aseptic room ...


Thank you. I will try a new PCB with a transferred ROM chip. Do you think it's safe to plug my device in now to a proper connection and see if it spins up or does anything?
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pmd5700
 Post subject: Re: Burnt Chip on WD PCB
PostPosted: December 30th, 2018, 14:08 
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Spildit wrote:
I wiuld replace the PCB + ROM chip (or ROM CODE).

If the drive just clicks the pre-amp (inside the drive) is gone and if you do need to recover the data out of the drive you will need to send it to a professional data recovery firm.

DO NOT OPEN THE DRIVE YOURSELF outside a HEPA 100 aseptic room ...


Do you think it would be safe to power up the drive again with a proper connection to see if it spins?
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jono-ats
 Post subject: Re: Burnt Chip on WD PCB
PostPosted: January 1st, 2019, 20:57 
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Yes. No if there is a head crash.

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pmd5700
 Post subject: Re: Burnt Chip on WD PCB
PostPosted: January 1st, 2019, 21:02 
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jono-ats wrote:
Yes. No if there is a head crash.


I ended up trying to plug it in again. Nothing happened at all. No noise or anything. I'm going to get a replacement board to see if that fixes it.
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