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phatj1227 · Officially active! Joined: 03 Jan 2008 Posts: 2

I am in the need of a pcb for a Seagate 320 GB SATA drive. Here are the specs of my dead drive:

p/n 9BJ14G-300
Firmware 3.AAC
Site Code: WU

There are apparently two pcbs floating around for this drive that I know of, as I bought a used drive with the same firmware but it came with a pcb that was as simple as I can put it a fullsize pcb. My drive has a pcb that covers 3/4 of the area on the back of the drive. I can provide images....

Please save me from my hell of losing my data.

canii · Officially active! Joined: 13 Jan 2008 Posts: 3

I am in the need of a pcb for a Seagate 320 GB SATA drive. Here are the specs of my dead drive:

p/n 9BJ14G-300
Firmware 3.AAC
Site Code: WU

I need exactly the same pcb. if you can find it, can you send it to me
after?
Well firmware is different you can check previous post..

Xantheon · Posted once Joined: 29 Jan 2008 Posts: 1

This could be good or bad - I need the same board - exactly. One of the small chips on it just fried. I think something touched it and shorted it out, but, in any case, it fried a lead completely off of one of the chips (the smaller of the two that says SMOOTH) Anyone had any luck with this? I'm going to hunt and see if I can find one too, but, if you've found it, please let us know!

chpyeung · Officially active! Joined: 19 Feb 2008 Posts: 4

My drive has same p/n and firmware as you require but probably not the same sitecode. However I am not sure about it is the same PCB as yours!

chpyeung@hotmail.com

cheadledatarecovery1 · Deadharddrive regular +1 Joined: 22 Feb 2008 Posts: 33

Hi there,

I am also in need of a PCB for a
ST3320620AS
P/N: 9BJ14G-300
Firmware: 3.AAC

Have you had any luck in finding one? Obviously I am willing to pay for a replacement part.
All the best,
John

happyhappy · Deadharddrive regular Joined: 14 Jan 2006 Posts: 22

will be PMing the participants of this thread in case this post is of interest to them.

A good while back I posted a number of boards I had on hand which I've made available on a quasi-rental basis to folks in need. Bottom line has been that I end up with the equivalnent of a 24 pack of Bud which works out to be a lot less than minimum wage but much tastier. This isn't a business; this site helped me recover a dead drive several years ago and I know the misery that is involved. I don't frequent it regularly, generally when someone inquires about one of my boards which happened a couple of days ago. I'm sitting here working on my taxes and just dropped by for the hell of it as I had an open IE session on the site. I couldn't help but notice the rash of 3.AAC failures. A suspicious sort would kind of wonder whether there was not some malicious code in this firmware.

OK Steve cut to the chase.

I have a 3.AAC board. The reason its not posted is it is a new drive, box opened but still sealed, unlike my other spare drives. The fact that this is a brand new drive makes a huge difference in its resale value, and quite honestly my current cash flow situation makes it difficult . I'd been cogitating on using it and some other idle drives to build a Network Addressed Storage device. I just bought an HP Media Vault NAS so that notion is gone, and this drive was headed for eBay probably tomorrow.

I'm putting that on hold.

Most if not all the posts are looking for a 3.AAC for a 320gb drive. Mine is a 300gb. The details:
Model: ST 2200620A
P/N: 9BJ043-300
Firmware: 3.AAC
Date Code: 07052
Site Code: WU (China)

My only hands on board swap involved a Maxtor. In that case it did not seem to matter as to drive size. I recovered a 120gb drive with a logic board from a 160gb, same firmware. My drive would not spin up after the disaster, with the different board it did at which time I was able to recover files but only by using recovery software (I used GetDataBack). My guess is that this board I have has a good chance of working for 320s.

I'll stop here. I am open to any thoughts you may have as to the suitability of this board and my quandary. But I will say upfront I am not auctioning it here. If I sell it as new it will be on eBay. I am not trying to be opportunisitc. If I could open the drive up an make it "the People's board" (70's jargon) without totally screwing myselfI I would be delighted. This post is off the cuff and I haven't given it much thought, but I know that would be a non-trivial undertaking. Who gets the board when? How? etc. Lots of logistics and potential headaches. I am fishing here for brilliant ideas.

One last thing, Check out my post at:
http://www.deadharddrive.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=791

bucheron_59 · Posted: Fri Feb 29, 2008 6:00 am Post subject:

Hello, i think i have this pcb on my web site. Wink

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chpyeung · Officially active! Joined: 19 Feb 2008 Posts: 4

Just to let everyone knows that the guy who bought my HDD has his HDD recovered by swapping the PCB. Very Happy

Error_404 · Active contributor Joined: 29 Jun 2008 Posts: 7

hey guys,

I have the same PCB fried, I was wondering since it worked for you, can you please past it to me ???

bucheron_59 · Posted: Mon Jun 30, 2008 12:37 am Post subject:

dman123 · Officially active! Joined: 07 Jul 2008 Posts: 2

How do you guys know it's the PCB? My hard drive is experiencing eerily similar symptoms, but how do I know it's the board and not the drive? In my case, I haven't used this PC for about 3 months, tried to boot it up today and got an error that the drive was not found. Tried it on 2 pcs. Seagate wants to charge me a ridiculous amount to get the data (it's photos and MP3s, I'll be pissed if they're gone, but it's not the end of the world). Any ideas how I can tell if it is the PCB? I see no visible damage. Also, yes I'm looking for the same board:
ST3320620AS
P/N 9BJ14G-300
3.AAC

Anyone have any luck finding a place to get these?

Error_404 · Active contributor Joined: 29 Jun 2008 Posts: 7

To know if it is the pcb, check the board for burned chips. If not, then the problem is with the drive. However, I need more info about the problem and your hard drive, such as, firmware, S/N and etc.

dman123 · Officially active! Joined: 07 Jul 2008 Posts: 2

I did notice a bit of physical damage. My Firmware is 3.AAC I posted two pictures on another forum:

You can view both of them at http://forum.hddguru.com/buy-sell-parts-hard-drives-etc-f15/pcb-for-st3320620as-needed-t9354.html

I'm not really sure what that particular component is so I don't know what to do. It definitely seems to have dried out though, it's cracked off even more now.

Thanks for the reply!

Error_404 · Active contributor Joined: 29 Jun 2008 Posts: 7

He has a similar pcb:

http://stores.ebay.com/Hard-Drive-Parts-Specialist_Seagate_Barracuda-7200-10_W0QQcolZ4QQdirZ1QQfsubZ19926036QQftidZ2QQtZkm

If not, then you can find the same pcb with the same model and P/N but different firmware and exchange the bad chip from the non-damage chip. As long as the chip is not the rom or firmware chip, ie. the biggest chip on the pcb.

Hope this help.

Note. I still haven't found matching pcb for mine =[