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Wester digital Caviar SE16: WD5000AAKS

 
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turey
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PostPosted: Wed May 11, 2011 8:57 pm    Post subject: Wester digital Caviar SE16: WD5000AAKS Reply with quote

Hello Im looking for the PCB of said drive to try to revive my recently diseased back-up drive.

model: WD5000AAKS - 75TMA0
DCM: HANCHV2CAB
WWN: 500014EE25591A8A6
S/N: WD - WCAPW1868216
Firmware A0, REV A00

http://img52.imageshack.us/img52/7606/dsc01458zv.jpg
picture I took of the drive in case I missed something



Story: my hard drive was working fine till one day it suddenly vanished(no longer seen in windows). I thought it might be a windows thing but the BIOS does not recognize it either. Never made any clicking sound or had any performance issues with it. I unplugged the drive for several days and when I connected it again and booted up Windows it was visible again and I could access all the data in it. Sadly I thought the problem had been fixed and did not bother to copy all the data (only essential stuff I needed for work). The next time I turned on the PC the HD went back to not being recognized by BIOS or Windows. I tried changing the cables, connecting it into a different SATA port in the mobo but it remains unrecognized so I thought it might be a logic board problem.


any ideas or anyone willing to sell me a replacement PCB to see if that fixes the problem?
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PostPosted: Sun May 15, 2011 1:33 pm    Post subject: Wester digital Caviar SE16: WD5000AAKS Reply with quote

Each PCB stores unique, drive specific "adaptive" information within the Marvell MCU (big "M"). If you wish to try a replacement board, then you will need to find someone who will perform a firmware transfer from patient to donor. Some board suppliers will transfer the firmware for free, while others will charge US$10 - $20.
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PostPosted: Sun May 15, 2011 5:11 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Could you recommend me any particular supplier?

Is it worth it to send the HD to a specialist to verify the cause and have him transfer the data to a new HD? Don't have any idea what a ballpark cost would be.
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PostPosted: Sun May 15, 2011 6:23 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I doubt that you have a PCB problem, based on your description of failure.
Your drive most likely developed many bad sectors which can not be read by read/write head/s, therefore give you no access to your data.

Let us know where you live, so we can refer you to nearest place that can help you.
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PostPosted: Sun May 15, 2011 6:30 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I'm in Puerto Rico... guessing the nearest place I'll have to send the HD would be Florida.
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