hi forum,
i have a toshiba 8021gax drive that has been dropped, when plugged into the pc3000 all the register lights are showing up with errors, i have an identical donr drive same model no and same country of manufacture, when this drive is plugged into the pc3000, it can id correctly and access al data on there so this drive is definitely working correctly. i am suspecting that the patient drive has faulty heads as it sounds like it spins correctly.
i want to know if in this case a head replacement is enough or does it have to be done as a head and cntroller card at the same time.
any help willbe appreciated.
thank you

Adaptive data is stored in the CPU on the toshiba PCB, so remove the defective heads, transplant the donor heads into the drive and use the original (patient) PCB.

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U may also need to work around the 'CS enabled' problem.

pepe

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thank you for the replies guys.

Pepe can you please provide some more info about "Cs rnabled problem"
thank you

With Toshibas many times U have to pull the CS pin of the IDE connector to GND to make sure the drive works as master.
U cannot communicate with the drive unless doing so, that's why the registers show various values.

pepe

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thx Pepe for the answer
the patient drive does not have any jumpers in place and all lights are showing up on register, the donor drive also with no jumpers is working on the pc3000 correctly, the pc3000 adaptor board is set up for toshiba with the correct jumpers in place and i can access the donor drive for backup correctly,
the fact that the drive was ropped while on would suggest to me that the heads are damaged and so prior to doing the swap from done to patient i just wanted to confrim whether a board swap is alos required.
will keep you posted.
thx for the help

Sounds to me like a PCB failure. Check the solder joints on the edge connector under high power magnification. I'll bet there is a cracked solder joint or something.

Jon

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hi jono-ats
will have a look at that too, thx for pointers.

U can enable the CS option by placing a jumper on J1 on pci card .

all sorted, faulty heads replaced and all works correclty, thx for answers