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  Topic: PCB WANTED **** Seagate 320GB ST3320620AS **** 3.AAC
happyhappy

Replies: 13
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PostForum: Hard drives wanted   Posted: Sun Feb 24, 2008 1:05 am   Subject: PCB WANTED **** Seagate 320GB ST3320620AS **** 3.AAC
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 ...
  Topic: After you succeed or fail in recovering your files...
happyhappy

Replies: 0
Views: 7768

PostForum: General chat   Posted: Sun Feb 24, 2008 12:31 am   Subject: After you succeed or fail in recovering your files...
Although it doesn't address your present predicament, All of us, including myself, are here because we had inadequate backup for our files. Stipulate here that I am a true cheapskate. Based on experi ...
  Topic: Seagate Barracuda 7200.9 failure?
happyhappy

Replies: 6
Views: 32037

PostForum: More stories   Posted: Thu Nov 22, 2007 7:59 pm   Subject: Seagate Barracuda 7200.9 failure?
It might. You install GetDataBack with the dead drive disconnected, then shut down your PC, attach the dead drive and reboot. GDB looks for any drives that were not attached when it was installed, and ...
  Topic: Seagate ST3160023A Firmware 3.06
happyhappy

Replies: 6
Views: 21831

PostForum: Hard drives available   Posted: Tue Nov 20, 2007 12:17 pm   Subject: Seagate ST3160023A Firmware 3.06
Your symptoms sound the same as I experienced, but mine was a Maxtor drive and that is my sole experience doing a logic board swap. But I think the principles are the same for different manufacturers. ...
  Topic: Fried my Seagate hard drive! It was awesome!....not really.
happyhappy

Replies: 1
Views: 10173

PostForum: More stories   Posted: Mon Nov 12, 2007 9:25 pm   Subject: Fried my Seagate hard drive! It was awesome!....not really.
I think you are on track. My drive died in similar fashion and a board swap saved my butt.

I don't have a drive with the right board. Here is my suggestion:

Go to eBay and find used drives simi ...
  Topic: Seagate ST3200822AS Failure --- NEED HELP URGENTLY
happyhappy

Replies: 6
Views: 34093

PostForum: More stories   Posted: Mon Nov 12, 2007 9:17 pm   Subject: Seagate ST3200822AS Failure --- NEED HELP URGENTLY
I'm far from an expert, but I have a bit of experience and will share my thoughts. First of all, have a reliable drive or storage medium ready and fired up and copy the critical data immediately if t ...
  Topic: Seagate ST3200820A
happyhappy

Replies: 2
Views: 12329

PostForum: More stories   Posted: Mon Nov 12, 2007 8:42 pm   Subject: Seagate ST3200820A
Its a little unclear to me what you are experiencing.

Its sounds like when you plug the dead drive into your tower you are unable to start up the tower, and that when its plugged into the IDE port ...
  Topic: Western Digital WD300BB-75DEA0 Rev: A00
happyhappy

Replies: 0
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PostForum: Hard drives available   Posted: Tue Oct 16, 2007 9:09 pm   Subject: Western Digital WD300BB-75DEA0 Rev: A00
I suffered a drive failure well over a year ago, and made a nearly full recovery with assistance from this board doing a logic board swap and recovery software called GetDataBack from Runtime.org (no ...
  Topic: Seagate ST3160023A Firmware 3.06
happyhappy

Replies: 6
Views: 21831

PostForum: Hard drives available   Posted: Tue Oct 16, 2007 8:58 pm   Subject: Seagate ST3160023A Firmware 3.06
I suffered a drive failure well over a year ago, and made a nearly full recovery with assistance from this board doing a logic board swap and recovery software called GetDataBack from Runtime.org (no ...
  Topic: Seagate ST3160023A Firmware 8.01
happyhappy

Replies: 13
Views: 44228

PostForum: Hard drives available   Posted: Tue Oct 16, 2007 8:49 pm   Subject: Seagate ST3160023A Firmware 8.01
I sent my 8.01 board to a guy in England, who I thought was going to use it and return it. Apparently he is not going to, and is incommunicado. So as of now, I no longer have an 8.01 board available. ...
  Topic: Swapped PCB, drive spinning up, but no dice...
happyhappy

Replies: 8
Views: 34863

PostForum: General chat   Posted: Sat Oct 13, 2007 5:53 pm   Subject: Swapped PCB, drive spinning up, but no dice...
Your symptoms sound exactly what I experienced with my Maxtor drive a year and a half ago.

I used GetDataBack from runtime.org and recoved nearly every file I wanted. You can download a free trial ...
  Topic: Do PCBs have to be exact matches?
happyhappy

Replies: 13
Views: 41962

PostForum: More stories   Posted: Sat Mar 18, 2006 11:44 am   Subject: Do PCBs have to be exact matches?
Although I was working on a Maxtor drive, I had a similar experience, i.e. after swapping logic boards the dead drive started up and was recognized by bios but not by anything else.

It could be th ...
  Topic: Need Maxtor DiamondMax Plus 9 Logic Board G6FYA or YAR41BWO
happyhappy

Replies: 4
Views: 15441

PostForum: Hard drives wanted   Posted: Sat Mar 18, 2006 10:22 am   Subject: Need Maxtor DiamondMax Plus 9 Logic Board G6FYA or YAR41BWO
OoRobert is correct that YAR41BW0 is the firmware version. G6FYA off the label on the circuit board side of the drive is the firmware revision number, I believe.

Ideally both match, but matchin ...
  Topic: LF: DEAD MAXTOR ATA hard disc drive(s)
happyhappy

Replies: 1
Views: 8974

PostForum: Hard drives wanted   Posted: Sat Mar 11, 2006 8:00 pm   Subject: LF: DEAD MAXTOR ATA hard disc drive(s)
"Not working" covers a lot of ground. You are more likely to get a meaningful response if you provide a little more detail, the more the better, such as:

How is it not working? Doesn't spin or sta ...
  Topic: Wanted Maxtor DiamondMax Plus 9 Logic Board (Firmware T6FYA)
happyhappy

Replies: 1
Views: 9322

PostForum: Hard drives wanted   Posted: Sat Mar 11, 2006 7:53 pm   Subject: Wanted Maxtor DiamondMax Plus 9 Logic Board (Firmware T6FYA)
There are a lot of these drives on eBay. I had about an 80-90% response rate when asking the sellers what code their used drive had. You need to be explicit what info you need, such as " The firmare v ...
 
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