- Toasted Board on WD Drive
- Posted by mcp6453 on March 8th, 2008
I smoked the board on my WD1600 drive thanks to a bad power supply. There are
tons of similar boards on eBay, but I cannot match all of the numbers.
MDL: WD1600BB-00FTA0
DATE: 11 MAY 2004
DCM: HSCACVJAA
Board: 2061-00173-00 DH
Chip: WD70C22 - GP
00-01 ST 2.0
1) How many of the numbers above have to match to get a board that will work
with this drive?
2) Is it likely that a defective board damages anything inside the drive?
- Posted by Arno Wagner on March 9th, 2008
Previously mcp6453 <mcp6453@gmail.com> wrote:
As to 2), there is typically a read amplifier close to the heads and
inside the drive. You may also have ''smoked'' that. If in the literal
sense, then powering up the drive will result in a head crash with very
high probability, as smoke particles are typically larger than the
head-surface distance.
Arno
- Posted by mcp6453 on March 9th, 2008
Arno Wagner wrote:
Should I buy a board and give it a shot, or am I likely to toast the replacement
board? I would really like to get the data off the drive, although it's not life
or death.
- Posted by Arno Wagner on March 9th, 2008
Previously mcp6453 <mcp6453@gmail.com> wrote:
I don't think you will necessarily kill the replacement.
I just think that your chances are slim (read amplifier dead)
and that you may kill the drive heads. There is a chance that
the read amplifier shorts out some power lines and that you
will blow filters on the replacement board. I have no idea
how likely that is though, but you should probably be prepared
tho loose the replacement board too.
Arno
- Posted by Rod Speed on March 9th, 2008
Arno Wagner <me@privacy.net> wrote:
In reality you are unlikely to lose the replacement board and even if you do, its not much money to lose.
