I have an identical donor Hitachi Travelstar 2.5 Model: HTS541060G9AT00 P/N:0A25433 MLC: DA1175
JUL-05 Made in Thailand, but the PCB board on the original says made in malaysia and the donor says china. I put the donor drive to sleep, hot swap the pcb and when I try to image it with the Deepspar I get a green box with an "A" in the middle. I think that the pcb board for the donor is not close enough and these donors are not easy to come by. Does it look like a head issue or pcb not clos enough on the donor...?

For these drives u need to swap NVRAM as well... provided that donor PCB ROM version matches the patient.

pepe

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post images of your both PCB both side here.

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You cannot swap Hitachi.

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Here is an image of both drives..

Can we see the component sides of both PCBs?

I meant you cannot hot-swap Hitachi.

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The one on the left is the original pcb and the donor is on the right side..

And u cannot 'cold-swap' either

I told u the reason, there's nothing more that can be said about the matter.
I do not have a spoon with me right now.

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I'm not a DR guy, but I should be able to identify the ROM and NVRAM if you upload clear, detailed photos of the PCBs. If the other side has any components, please photograph it as well.

BTW, just be sure, does the drive spin up with the original PCB?