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Topic: Do PCBs have to be exact matches? |
techguy_877
Replies: 13
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Forum: More stories Posted: Sat Mar 18, 2006 4:20 pm Subject: Do PCBs have to be exact matches? |
walterlee
Let me say, I feel your pain as I went through this last September/October with a WD 2500 drive. After some effort, I was able to successfully find a substitute PCB, but I wonder today if ... |
Topic: My fried hdd story... please help diagnose the problem |
techguy_877
Replies: 6
Views: 28834
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Forum: More stories Posted: Thu Dec 01, 2005 5:34 am Subject: My fried hdd story... please help diagnose the problem |
danielbu
I know from hands on experience it is possible to swap a WD hard drive controller board. While my HD model number is different from yours, my success story is at:
http://www.deadharddr ... |
Topic: Wanted: WD2000JB-00FUA0 |
techguy_877
Replies: 9
Views: 66530
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Forum: Hard drives wanted Posted: Thu Nov 03, 2005 6:22 am Subject: Wanted: WD2000JB-00FUA0 |
The posts at that forum are still there. They have not been deleted. You can read them if you use the URL to browse. It is just that they are no longer allowing new posts and replies.
The informati ... |
Topic: Wanted: WD2000JB-00FUA0 |
techguy_877
Replies: 9
Views: 66530
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Forum: Hard drives wanted Posted: Sat Oct 22, 2005 8:31 am Subject: Wanted: WD2000JB-00FUA0 |
I just posted additional information about what has turned out to be a successful "do-it-yourself" data recovery at http://www.deadharddrive.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=60.
Do not give up hope, as i ... |
Topic: Board Number (WD400J) |
techguy_877
Replies: 2
Views: 40852
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Forum: More stories Posted: Sat Oct 22, 2005 8:25 am Subject: Board Number (WD400J) |
First, let me say do not give up hope as I was just able to successfully recover my WD2500JB, which had a bad primary controller board (PCB), after 4 weeks of trying. If your hard drive was not making ... |
Topic: About to try your logic board swap idea |
techguy_877
Replies: 4
Views: 21086
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Forum: More stories Posted: Fri Oct 14, 2005 5:30 am Subject: About to try your logic board swap idea |
I just posted what I have been able to learn about WD controller board swaps at:
http://www.deadharddrive.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=52
I hope this information is helpful to you. |
Topic: Wanted: WD2000JB-00FUA0 |
techguy_877
Replies: 9
Views: 66530
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Forum: Hard drives wanted Posted: Fri Oct 14, 2005 5:07 am Subject: Wanted: WD2000JB-00FUA0 |
I should have also added the guy who repaired his WD1200JB board by replacing the firmware chip, posted a page of photos concerning the board swap at:
http://wd1200jb.freewebspace.com/
I found t ... |
Topic: Wanted: WD2000JB-00FUA0 |
techguy_877
Replies: 9
Views: 66530
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Forum: Hard drives wanted Posted: Fri Oct 14, 2005 5:01 am Subject: Wanted: WD2000JB-00FUA0 |
The Action Front data recovery service was running a message board that had some very good information about WD hard drives. They had lots of questions, and the techs that work on these drives were an ... |
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