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rchadwick

Post subject: Swapping heads, how close do I need to be?

Posted: April 1st, 2007, 3:48

Joined: December 23rd, 2006, 16:08
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I've got an IBM AVER series with a bad head stack, and I'm looking for a donor drive. How close do I have to come to the original drive? Do I have to match firmware, Part Number, date?

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rameez

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Posted: April 1st, 2007, 3:58

Joined: June 27th, 2006, 11:33
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Yes u have to match all three from the donor drive :

1) Firmware
2) Part no
3) Date

Read the Table 1 on head stack article for more details about finding donor drives .

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pcimage

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Posted: April 1st, 2007, 11:19

Joined: November 29th, 2006, 10:08
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Location: UK

rameez wrote:

Yes u have to match all three from the donor drive :

1) Firmware
2) Part no
3) Date

Read the Table 1 on head stack article for more details about finding donor drives .

You sure about this? I've always matched P/N, country and MLC number.

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rameez

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Posted: April 1st, 2007, 13:38

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Pretty sure about it there is Table 1 in the following article read it :

http://hddguru.com/content/en/articles/ ... k-Q-and-A/

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rchadwick

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Posted: April 1st, 2007, 18:41

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Assuming the date is important, how close does it have to be? Same month? Within a few months? Same year?

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rameez

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Posted: April 2nd, 2007, 2:25

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I m so sorry u have to match :

1) Firmware
2) Country
3) Part No.

No Date has to be matched , wrote by mistake .

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rchadwick

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Posted: April 2nd, 2007, 2:48

Joined: December 23rd, 2006, 16:08
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Thanks. Another silly question... Is the Firmware the MLC?

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