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krakem · Officially active! Joined: 19 Jul 2011 Posts: 2

I need a PCB for this disk

Model WD5000AAJS-22YFA0
WD CAVIAR SE
DATE 23 OCT 2007
PCB: (label in the green part)
2061-701477-100 AC XT4U09 0PQ3 9 0003160

Thanks

wdmjys · Deadharddrive regular +2 Joined: 02 Oct 2010 Posts: 51

HDDZone.com is a recommended place to find the matching pcb for your dead hard drive.

You can find those wd pcb here: http://www.hddzone.com/western-digital-pcb-c-2.html

fzabkar · Deadharddrive regular +3 Joined: 02 Apr 2010 Posts: 210

In answer to your PM, most modern HDDs store unique, drive specific "adaptive" information in a serial EEPROM chip. This chip, or its contents, needs to be transferred from patient to donor. In WD drives, this chip is usually located at U12.

The following PCB suppliers offer a firmware transfer service, either for free, or for US$10:

http://www.donordrives.com
http://www.onepcbsolution.com
http://www.hdd-parts.com

I would advise that you avoid those suppliers who don't tell you that a board won't work without modification. Often they will attempt to obscure the requirement for a firmware transfer by deceptively describing their products as being "for data recovery only".

Alternatively, if you are not adept at soldering, your local TV/AV repair shop should be able to transfer the chip for you.

Some PCBs do not have a discrete serial flash memory chip. Instead they store the adaptive data inside the Marvell MCU (the largest chip). In this case you will need a "PCB adaptation" service.

The following PCB supplier includes such a service for free:
http://www.donordrives.com/services

salvationdata · Deadharddrive regular Joined: 25 May 2011 Posts: 18

Here is a useful hdd pcb swap, replacement guide:

http://www.hddzone.com/conditions.html

(how a find a matching seagate, western digital, samsung, maxtor pcb for hard drive pcb swap/replacement needs.)

Replacement the PCB will not solve the problem below:
The drive will power up normally (no ticking noises, errors etc) but will not be recognized by the computer
The drive will power up normally and be recognized correctly but will report a size of 0 bytes
The drive will power up but report SMART errors on boot

corbingravely · Posted: Wed Jul 15, 2015 8:59 am Post subject:

This is a bit old one. Have you got this PCB. I actually had one on my old workshop. Maybe I could sell this to you for a cheap price, if you still have not got this one now.

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