hello,
i have this old Hitachi ATA drive. drive is identified, smart report failed, and has no sector access with rapidspar. Visual inspection seem ok, no scartch. I think need head swap but i can't find any guide for which data need to match fer head swap, also donordrive can't confirm match



possible donor

HDA Barcode: AJA00
Model Number: DK23EA-30
HDD Code / PN: A/A0C1C/A
Product of: Philippines
PCB Revision: SH320

Model: DK23EA-30
HDD Code: A/A0C1C/A
Product of: Philippines
PCB Revision: SH320

Model: DK23EA-30
HDD Code: A/A0C1 C/A
Product of: Philippines
PCB Revision: SH320

Thanks

hard drive sound normal for first 30 seconds then start clicking many times when try to access LBA with no access. Any advice with this type of drive, i never see it or found any info.. Thanks

Info | 02/19/19 15:52:44 | Drive initialized OK.
Info | 02/19/19 15:52:45 | Generic Drive Diagnostics OK.
Error | 02/19/19 15:52:46 | ERROR: SMART Failed.
Info | 02/19/19 15:52:47 | Accessing Drive Firmware... OK.
Info | 02/19/19 15:52:47 | Accessing Drive CPU/RAM... OK.
Error | 02/19/19 15:54:16 | ERROR: Accessing Drive ROM... Partial access.
Error | 02/19/19 15:54:17 | ERROR: Accessing Firmware Modules... No response.
Warning | 02/19/19 15:55:47 | WARNING: Current test is interrupted. Drive is too slow to respond.
Info | 02/19/19 15:55:47 | Checking Media/Heads... Completed.
Warning | 02/19/19 15:55:47 | WARNING: Current test is interrupted. Drive is too slow to respond.
Info | 02/19/19 15:55:51 | Diagnostics and optimization completed
Error | 02/19/19 15:55:51 | Data is NOT accessible! All sectors are not readable

i got two DK23EA-30 A/A0A1 C/A donor, try to swap head but not access any sector.
Try to put patient head on donor and works...
maybe some firmware / surface problem ? any advice

try to replace pcb from donor to patient

Does this help?

http://hddguru.com/articles/2006.02.17-Changing-headstack-Q-and-A/

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