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Topic: Repair of a Maxtor External Storage Drive (ST3320620A) |
adeon
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Forum: More stories Posted: Sun Dec 21, 2008 11:00 am Subject: Yeeeee... |
Alright, nice to see it's done.
Be very careful though, as OldGuy also mentioned: by removing the diode you have lost the overvoltage protection. This means that if you have a power surge, the sm ... |
Topic: Repair of a Maxtor External Storage Drive (ST3320620A) |
adeon
Replies: 19
Views: 65312
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Forum: More stories Posted: Sun Dec 21, 2008 12:17 am Subject: Repair of a Maxtor External Storage Drive (ST3320620A) |
Okay, pictures sent. |
Topic: Repair of a Maxtor External Storage Drive (ST3320620A) |
adeon
Replies: 19
Views: 65312
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Forum: More stories Posted: Sat Dec 20, 2008 1:26 pm Subject: Sure |
Yes, please PM me with your e-mail address and I'll send it over. I'm not that familiar with online image hosting, so once you receive the photo I hereby encourage you to post back link should you hav ... |
Topic: Repair of a Maxtor External Storage Drive (ST3320620A) |
adeon
Replies: 19
Views: 65312
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Forum: More stories Posted: Fri Dec 19, 2008 2:33 pm Subject: Yesss |
Yes it worked!!
After busting my a*s trying to find a replacement PCB I took OldGuy's advice (thanks a million) and searched for a 12V Zener diode and had the burnt one replaced. I must say I was l ... |
Topic: Repair of a Maxtor External Storage Drive (ST3320620A) |
adeon
Replies: 19
Views: 65312
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Forum: More stories Posted: Sat Dec 13, 2008 11:17 am Subject: Yes! This is exactly what happened in my case too |
This also happened to me.
One of the diodes failed me, so now I am looking for a replacement PCB. I could try and find someone who can replace it, but in doing so the warranty will be voided, so f ... |
Topic: My story of a dead Seagate 320 GB SATA HDD |
adeon
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Forum: More stories Posted: Tue Dec 09, 2008 7:53 pm Subject: My story of a dead Seagate 320 GB SATA HDD |
Somehow I doubt that my drive has another problem. It was working normally and besides, with only two days prior to cooking I had done a long DST test with SeaTools in DOS, and everything was ok, not ... |
Topic: My story of a dead Seagate 320 GB SATA HDD |
adeon
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Forum: More stories Posted: Tue Dec 09, 2008 6:36 pm Subject: My story of a dead Seagate 320 GB SATA HDD |
I've got a little story of my own to share with you guys:
A couple of days ago I fried the PCB of my HDD which is a Seagate ST3320620AS. Parts number (P/N) is 9BJ14G-308 and firmware (f/w) is 3.A ... |
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