Hi Guys, I have a Seagate 7200.10 500 GB.

It has fried pcb and seized motor. I have completed platter swap using same model number (but donor a SATA drive so there is an S on the end of the model number). I was wondering If I can use the SATA pcb on the PATA disk if I swap the rom. It would save me buying another drive.

Thanks

This will not work. I have done tests on this and my results are that this will not work.

I have tested this on 2 working 2.5" MERC2 drive (ST9..23A(s)), 1 SATA 1 PATA, and even with native ROM on, disk does not work if different interface PCB is attached.

I have not tried with barracuda, but I highly doubt it.

Wil be nice to see your findings if you attempt though.

Thanks for the info. I managed to repair native pcb and get all the data. I will conduct a few tests if I get chance later today.

Won't work because of different program to handle the different interface(s). Tried on many Barracudas, no joy. Probably you can do something MANUALLY with overlays.... not sure.

thanks for the confirmation. I suppose its not really worth invesigating as pcbs are not hard to repair and source.