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wizzy1 · Posted: Wed Nov 04, 2009 3:15 pm Post subject: WD3200JB crash

Hi all,
I have a WD caviar SE IDE drive connected by firewire via a iomega ion drive enclosure to my Mac Mini OSX 10.4.11. The drive has made funny noises in the past which I corrected by turning off/on the enclosure. Two weeks ago the drive was discovered dead. not recognized, no vibration no noise. I removed the drive and stuck it in a linux computer. No noise no vibration not recognized or seen. I put an old hitachi 4GB drive in the enclosure. It spun up nicely and was recognized by the Mac. So I know the enclosure works.
This is my drive.
P/N WD3200JB-OOKFAO
Date: 10 JAN 2006
DCM: DSBACAJCH
on the PCB 2060 701314002 Rev A
on whte sticker above IDE 2061-701314-AOO-AG
Green V1 sticker above jumpers
5BF2 light writing next to V1 sticker
some black corrosion in a few pins on motor controller chip

A friend had the exact same model drive sitting in a drawer at home.
same p/n
date 06 FEB 2006
DCM HSCACAJCA
Both drives made in Thailand
White sticker 2061-701314-AOO-AG
So I swapped out the PCBs and placed the drive in the enclosure and the drive spins! But it is not reconized by the mac or the linux box. I ran testdrive on the drive and it says it is only 18 or 19 GB I have not run photorec yet. There is another drive for sale on ebay with this white sticker no. 2061-701314-A00 AA .
I'm going to try to remove the black crud around the motor controller chip see if that works. if not my optins are swap the U12 chip or buy the other drive and swap those PCB's. I'm a little leary of soldering.
whicch should I do?
wizzy1

wizzy1 · Posted: Wed Nov 04, 2009 6:14 pm Post subject: also

photorec is a part of the open software testdrive. It can pull fotos and songs off of drives. thats all I want off this thing any way. So should try the software solution, instead.

harddrivespecialist · Posted: Thu Nov 05, 2009 12:38 am Post subject:

Software won't help you resolve your issue.
You have to swap ROM chip in order to match original drive microcode.
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sunnydreamspace · Deadharddrive regular +5 Joined: 04 Jan 2009 Posts: 540

hi,
you had to swap ROM chip for try. U12 8 pin one. you can contact me by email if still no work. thanks.
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wizzy1 · Posted: Sat Nov 07, 2009 2:11 am Post subject: Sucess!!!

well,
I decided to do the ROM swap. I have never desoldered or even soldered an IC chip before.I praticed desoldering many times on old ISA boards I had lying around and screwed it up every time. So I broke down and ordered some CHIP QUIK. I tried desoldering and got it the first try. So off I went to do the real thing. It was nerve racking. When I finished the swap, I placed the board back in the damaged drive. Placed the drive back in the external enclosure and pluged it into my Mac and Voilla!! The mac recognized it in 10 sec. I am now transfering my data to a new drive and will probally throw the old drive away. So it can be done and I thank everyone on this board, because without the U12 info I would have been out vaulable data.
thanks
wizzy1

wizzy1 · Posted: Sat Nov 07, 2009 2:12 am Post subject:

BTW removing the black crud did nothing that board was hosed