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[poussin009]

As you read i need a HDD for the controller card ;

MAXTOR diamondMax Plus 9

Firmware : L8FYA

Code : YAR41BWO
K,M,G,D
SN : Y43XJFBE
6Y160P004221

Mfg.Date : 11FEB2004

Thanks
PS : I'm in France

[happyhappy]

Actually, I believe your firmware version is YAR41BWO ("Code") and I think L8FYA is a revision code for the firmware. I'm not sure how critical it is to match the latter. I can say I successfully swapped boards with matching firmware and different revision codes. By successfully I mean that a drive that would not spin would spin once I did the swap. The bios then recognized the drive, but I had to use low level software to recover my files from the drive.

It is hard finding a perfect match between the two. However, there are a lot of these drives on eBay. I asked the sellers (of used drives) what the codes were and got prompt responses for 80-90% of my inquiries. You need to be very explicit what you want, ie "Code" from the drive label, and the 5 character code resembling L8FYA on a sticker on the circuit board side of the drive.

Also, the 120gb version of these drives (6Y120P0) uses the same logic board with the same firmware as the 160gb.

I have a 6Y160P0 with your firmware but a different revision code. They are common. I'm using it as a backup drive and don't want to sell it, but may have been tempted had it been an identical match since i have a great deal of sympathy for people in your (formerly our) predicament. Hope this helps; depending on what you are trying to accomplish it may make your search for a solution easier.