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Amarbir[CDR-Labs]
 Post subject: Well All Geared Up For Repair Of My first Hitachi
PostPosted: October 1st, 2008, 18:38 
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Mates ,
Recieved the Hitachi Tools From Salvation.will Review the same for you

Few question

current HDD :Deskstar IDE Model HDS728080plat20
P/N :0a30217
MLC :BA1116
PCB coding :OA29180,BA1686_,Md8552,142d

1 :If the NVRAM Is Indeed currupt Will the Drive Spin "Mine does not "
2 :Anyone Having Donor NVRAM for This Drive ?

If i Use a Stethoscope the only thing i here is a little tick tick inside the drive the drive is not spinning for sure .

And Last But Not the Least Cheers to My Old Friends ......

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Russwinters
 Post subject: Re: Well All Geared Up For Repair Of My first Hitachi
PostPosted: October 1st, 2008, 18:55 
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Drive should spin up if NVRAM corruption is the only problem. Now, your NVRAM could be damaged due to a powersurge that damaged the PCB, and in turn damaged the NVRAM. From my experience when a pcb on hitachi goes, most of the time the nvram does not sustain damage. I would locate a donor, and place the pcb on the "failed drive" on the donor and see if you have the same symptoms.

To locate a donor pcb for hitachi you need to match:

Model, MLC, and the first 2 lines of the PCB code. Also; look for a visual match, if all the numbers match then the pcb layout should be identical; if the color is different (sometimes darker/brighter green) that is ok.


Lets hope the nvram isnt damage because that makes this recovery not so fun anymore.
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thatdellguy
 Post subject: Re: Well All Geared Up For Repair Of My first Hitachi
PostPosted: October 1st, 2008, 19:11 
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Location: In your hard drive.
Did you check the spindle motor?

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rameez
 Post subject: Re: Well All Geared Up For Repair Of My first Hitachi
PostPosted: October 2nd, 2008, 7:00 
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Location: In ur HDD !
Did u check ur pcb ?
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pcimage
 Post subject: Re: Well All Geared Up For Repair Of My first Hitachi
PostPosted: October 2nd, 2008, 8:57 
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Sounds more like bad PCB than NVRAM.

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Amarbir[CDR-Labs]
 Post subject: Re: Well All Geared Up For Repair Of My first Hitachi
PostPosted: October 2nd, 2008, 14:35 
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Russwinters wrote:
Drive should spin up if NVRAM corruption is the only problem. Now, your NVRAM could be damaged due to a powersurge that damaged the PCB, and in turn damaged the NVRAM. From my experience when a pcb on hitachi goes, most of the time the nvram does not sustain damage. I would locate a donor, and place the pcb on the "failed drive" on the donor and see if you have the same symptoms.

To locate a donor pcb for hitachi you need to match:

Model, MLC, and the first 2 lines of the PCB code. Also; look for a visual match, if all the numbers match then the pcb layout should be identical; if the color is different (sometimes darker/brighter green) that is ok.


Lets hope the nvram isnt damage because that makes this recovery not so fun anymore.


Hi ,
Well i Will Locate the Donor and then Try Placing My Patient NVRAM there and Try Out .Well Tell Me More About yourself Last time I Was Here you Were Not ,cheers .....

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Amarbir[CDR-Labs]
 Post subject: Re: Well All Geared Up For Repair Of My first Hitachi
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thatdellguy wrote:
Did you check the spindle motor?


Hi ,
Elaborate ,Are How Are you Buddy ...You Mean check the Spindle Motor for Shorted Coils Humm

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Amarbir[CDR-Labs]
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rameez wrote:
Did u check ur pcb ?

Hi Rameez ,
How Are You Man ,Well i Need To Find a Damn Donor

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Amarbir[CDR-Labs]
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pcimage wrote:
Sounds more like bad PCB than NVRAM.


hi Sean ,
How Are you :mrgreen: ,Well i Have To Say This To All You Guys Here .I Seriously Missed Lots of Action .I Also Have Few questions That i wil Ask You Later .currently i am just collection hot asian babes tools :P ,Just Got the Hitachi ,Had The Seagate Initially .will Be Getting The Maxtor,WDC and Head Tool Soon .

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magneto
 Post subject: Re: Well All Geared Up For Repair Of My first Hitachi
PostPosted: October 2nd, 2008, 15:11 
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Have you opened the drive at all?

If you haven't then I would just find a similar drive and test the PCB. If it spins the drive then you've got an internal problem (I would assume seized spindle or Stiction). If it doesn't spin the drive up at all then I would assume you have a faulty PCB.
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Starling
 Post subject: Re: Well All Geared Up For Repair Of My first Hitachi
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Seized spindle?
Stuck heads?
You should check this first.
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CK
 Post subject: Re: Well All Geared Up For Repair Of My first Hitachi
PostPosted: October 3rd, 2008, 9:14 
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If you're hearing a "tick tick", it sounds very much like stiction, quite common on these drives. Lucky for you if it is :)

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Amarbir[CDR-Labs]
 Post subject: Re: Well All Geared Up For Repair Of My first Hitachi
PostPosted: October 5th, 2008, 2:11 
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CK wrote:
If you're hearing a "tick tick", it sounds very much like stiction, quite common on these drives. Lucky for you if it is :)


Well Well ,
I got your Hint ,I am Opening the Damn Thing Now

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