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		trinimumz Active contributor
 
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				 Posted: Thu Mar 27, 2008 3:31 pm    Post subject: PCB | 
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				Hi,
 
 
I have a dead Seagate 7200.8 ST3250823A, and I'm told the problem is the logic board. I've been looking for a HD to cannibalize for the PCB, or just the PCB itself (see my post in "Hard Drives Wanted" forum), but all I can find, with the same firmware version, is a ST3250823AS hard drive, which is a SATA drive (and mine is an Ultra ATA).  I know it's probably a really dumb question, but would the PCB from the SATA drive work on my HD? | 
			 
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		trinimumz Active contributor
 
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				 Posted: Thu Mar 27, 2008 4:50 pm    Post subject: Another question | 
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				I was wondering - could I get a working HD, upgrade the firmware to the version I need (I need 3.06 but can only find 3.02, and 3.03), and THEN swap the working PCB for the non-working one?  Has anyone tried this, and has it worked?
 
 
Advice please?  I'm grasping at straws here. | 
			 
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		Arkadas Deadharddrive regular +1
 
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  _________________ Arkadas Bilgisayar 
 
Data Recovery Service TURKEY
 
 
http://www.datakurtarma.com | 
			 
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		coolwtr99 Active contributor
 
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				 Posted: Wed Jun 04, 2008 9:15 pm    Post subject:  | 
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				I was wondering where you happen to find that ST3250823AS board with firmware 3.01.  I am looking for that hard drive component.  Mine is burnt and the drive will not turn on or spin.
 
 
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		lunchboxes Deadharddrive regular
 
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				 Posted: Wed Jun 04, 2008 10:31 pm    Post subject:  | 
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				Firstly, SATA PCB cannot put back on the ATA HARDDISK
 
 
If you got a working PCB but a wrong firmware
 
 
Just do the ROM SWAP
 
 
Move the 8-legs small chip from the patient to the donor. | 
			 
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		coolwtr99 Active contributor
 
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				 Posted: Thu Jun 05, 2008 4:26 pm    Post subject:  | 
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				Do you have the steps to do a ROM Swap?  Or is it very difficult?
 
 
Also lunchbox I sent you a PM, but this may answer that question as well.
 
 
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		lunchboxes Deadharddrive regular
 
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				 Posted: Thu Jun 05, 2008 5:07 pm    Post subject:  | 
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				ROM SWAP is using a iron shoulder to shoulder out the small 8-legs chip of the bad PCB to put it to the donor.
 
 
The ROM is quite small, if you are not use to using a iron shoulder,
 
I think you can ask the electronic shop or cell phone repair shop to do it for you. For them it is not so difficult. | 
			 
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		coolwtr99 Active contributor
 
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				 Posted: Thu Jun 05, 2008 5:22 pm    Post subject:  | 
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				| Lunchbox sent you a PM | 
			 
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