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vrocco
 Post subject: How to identify a Disk
PostPosted: May 17th, 2008, 23:41 
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Got a drive in for recovery today. It's not recognized in bios at all. Worse yet, the customer at some point removed the entire label from the front of the drive. I have no model number, serial number, firmware revision, or anything.

Is there any way to indentify this drive so I can get a matching donor drive? Like i said, not recognized by bios or software solutions and I don't have a PC3000.

Any suggestions?

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pepe
 Post subject: Re: How to identify a Disk
PostPosted: May 18th, 2008, 3:44 
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Hi,

post some piictures of both sides of the PCB and the drive itself, let's take a look at it!

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post pictures ?!?

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What's wrong with it?

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When I add drives to my database, I record practically every single number on that drive - very useful if you get a fire-damaged drive in for recovery.

If you can post photographs (CLEAR) of the PCB and any visible labels, someone may be able to help.
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vrocco
 Post subject: Re: How to identify a Disk
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OK Finally got a few pics. They are not very clear, but the best i could get with my camera. If you need to know what any label or chip reads, I can tell you what's on it.

Thanks for the help.


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 Post subject: Re: How to identify a Disk
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 Post subject: Re: How to identify a Disk
PostPosted: May 20th, 2008, 18:13 
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I happen to have this in my stock. The dell part number points to this model.


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 Post subject: Re: How to identify a Disk
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Location: In your hard drive.
The serial number is also on the top of the drive opposite the ide connector. A close match to this one may give you your answer. Hope that helps. :mrgreen:

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 Post subject: Re: How to identify a Disk
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The serial number is also on the top of the drive opposite the ide connector. A close match to this one may give you your answer. Hope that helps. :mrgreen:

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vrocco
 Post subject: Re: How to identify a Disk
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Great thanks for the help pepe!

How do make sure I get a PCB with the same firmware revision?

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vrocco
 Post subject: Re: How to identify a Disk
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http://cgi.ebay.com/Western-Digital-WD4 ... 18Q2el1247

Found that on ebay. The numbers are the same, however that little white sticker on the ide connector says "V7335" on the ebay one and "V7252" on mine.

Is this gonna mess me up? Anyone have a pcb that matches mine exactly?

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 Post subject: Re: How to identify a Disk
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Not to be rude but, did you try searching this forum for your answer? :P

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vrocco
 Post subject: Re: How to identify a Disk
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i did, but i couldn't find a thread regarding matching these types of drives.

Can you point me to an existing thread?

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vrocco
 Post subject: Re: How to identify a Disk
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See my main problem is that I don' have the model number or the DCM number.

Now from pepe's pic, I can pretty safely assume the same model number because of the Dell p/n, but still no way to know the DCM.

From what I understand, it is important for the DCM to match as close as possible.

How do I determine what DCM I need so i can find a whole drive, or what specific PCB I need so I can search for just that?

Thanks for the help. You guys are the best.

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 Post subject: Re: How to identify a Disk
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post53839.html?hilit=pcb%20matching#p53839

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 Post subject: Re: How to identify a Disk
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Location: In your hard drive.
Who opened the drive?

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 Post subject: Re: How to identify a Disk
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Apparently a "tech guy" that works with the customer.

The numbers on the back of the pcb (side that shows when fixed in place) on the white sticker are as follows:

0000 001092-300 J X W 140D PNB5 5 00 03 01 0 3013

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 Post subject: Re: How to identify a Disk
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thatdellguy wrote:
http://forum.hddguru.com/post53839.html?hilit=pcb%20matching#p53839



thatdellguy thanks.....that is the post where I got that you need to match model and DCM.

Now just gotta figure out how to get DCM

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