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Electronics technical HD question

Discussion in 'Modding' started by Splynncryth, 10 Jul 2003.

  1. Splynncryth

    Splynncryth 0x665E3FF6,0x46CC,...

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    I'm hoping somone out there might know somthing about hard drives, or know somone who does. I fried the PCB on a hard drive. But I managed to find and EXACT replacement drive (dead) from which I yanked the PCB and swapped it. I don't think the controller on the new board knows how to work with the platters on the old drive. I think it is stuck trying to calibrate itself. I'm sure at the factory they have to do some sort of adjustemtns when they assemble these things. Does anyone know anything about what they do?
     
  2. Amorphus

    Amorphus What's a Dremel?

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    might be a firmware issue. try flashing it (although the likelihood of updated firmware for an hdd seems unlikely, but hey, I've never tried. more power to you)
     
  3. nleahcim

    nleahcim What's a Dremel?

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    If you're feeling ballsy - you could find whatever chip the firmware is on (I'd guess it's just some sort of flash memory - but what do I know?) then unsolder it from the dead board and resolder it to the good board. But I'm sure that's surface mount - and if I do say so myself - surface mount soldering/unsoldering is a bit tricky if you don't knwo what you're doing :eeek:
     
  4. Plasma

    Plasma What's a Dremel?

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    Try soldering paste
    linky
     
  5. Splynncryth

    Splynncryth 0x665E3FF6,0x46CC,...

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    I worked in a board manufacturing hose and actually learned how to do SMT stuff there, so I'm good :)
     

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