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Topic: Found a Vaio in the woods buried under a rock! |
rbudrick
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Forum: Hard drives wanted Posted: Fri Jul 15, 2016 5:54 am Subject: Found a Vaio in the woods buried under a rock! |
So I'm clearing an area of my yard (lived here 8 years), cutting down trees, getting rid of piles of brush, large rocks, prickly bushes, etc., when I get to a corner of my yard I've never really been ... |
Topic: Hitachi HDD, #13G1583-Other part #s and pics inside |
rbudrick
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Forum: Hard drives wanted Posted: Fri May 28, 2010 2:48 am Subject: Hitachi HDD, #13G1583-Other part #s and pics inside |
Yes, Eric sells quality product and was amazingly helpful. I had a little trouble with the board at first, but that was my fault. I never doubted you, Eric! I was sure the whole time it was me that ... |
Topic: Hitachi HDD, #13G1583-Other part #s and pics inside |
rbudrick
Replies: 12
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Forum: Hard drives wanted Posted: Wed May 26, 2010 6:11 am Subject: Hitachi HDD, #13G1583-Other part #s and pics inside |
Success!
I swapped the donor board's bios chip back to the donor board just to see if the disk would spin. It did. I put my bios chip back on the donor board, and it spun too and was recognized. ... |
Topic: Hitachi HDD, #13G1583-Other part #s and pics inside |
rbudrick
Replies: 12
Views: 26699
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Forum: Hard drives wanted Posted: Tue May 25, 2010 4:43 am Subject: Hitachi HDD, #13G1583-Other part #s and pics inside |
Hi Folks,
I swapped the bios tonight with a donor board, and I'm afraid the drive is still not recognized. As far as I could tell, the desoldering and resoldering of the bios chip went perfectly, ... |
Topic: Hitachi HDD, #13G1583-Other part #s and pics inside |
rbudrick
Replies: 12
Views: 26699
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Forum: Hard drives wanted Posted: Mon May 17, 2010 5:07 am Subject: Re: Hitachi PCB swap |
100% sure you have to either swap NVRAM chip or read it directly and rewrite the donor PCB.
Safest method would be to read/write it. If you have good soldering equipment and practice, then no pro ... |
Topic: Hitachi HDD, #13G1583-Other part #s and pics inside |
rbudrick
Replies: 12
Views: 26699
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Forum: Hard drives wanted Posted: Mon May 10, 2010 6:23 am Subject: Hitachi HDD, #13G1583-Other part #s and pics inside |
Hello,
My wife and I haven't yet decided what to do with this drive yet, but just for curiosity's sake, since I finally got the correct size screwdriver bit to see the component side of this PCB ( ... |
Topic: Hitachi HDD, #13G1583-Other part #s and pics inside |
rbudrick
Replies: 12
Views: 26699
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Forum: Hard drives wanted Posted: Mon Apr 26, 2010 5:11 am Subject: Hitachi HDD, #13G1583-Other part #s and pics inside |
Hello,
I have a Hitachi HDD, #13G1583, MLC# DL1175, serial XGGLNE1M, board part number 0A26798 Da1188A Xzz609 54VZ. Pics at bottom.
Basically, I removed this from a notebook in order to do a ba ... |
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