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Started by Eggtastico, February 06, 2008, 19:40:54 PM

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Eggtastico

February 06, 2008, 19:40:54 PM
fried the controller board
500GB, SATA II, 16MB
model ST3500641AS,
P/N 9BD148-304,
Firmware 3.AAJ,
site code AMK

Eggtastico

#1
February 07, 2008, 09:42:04 AM
nobody?
prepared to pay *new* price as well - so £75ish

Open up your computer - order yourself a 750gb & then sell me your
 500GB, SATA II, 16MB
model ST3500641AS,
P/N 9BD148-304,
Firmware 3.AAJ,
site code AMK

Leon

#2
February 07, 2008, 09:59:52 AM
Sorry mate only Seagate I got is a 170gb drive :(
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White Giant

#3
February 07, 2008, 10:16:26 AM
Have you tried contacting Seagate to see if they can help?

http://www.seagate.com/www/en-gb/about/contact_us/

Eggtastico

#4
February 07, 2008, 15:11:35 PM
Quote from: White GiantHave you tried contacting Seagate to see if they can help?

http://www.seagate.com/www/en-gb/about/contact_us/

no because I need to RMA the old HDD once the data is recovered.. cant go telling them I fried it -)

Eggtastico

#5
February 10, 2008, 12:19:46 PM
think I may be sorted
thanks to this guy http://myworld.ebay.com/harddrivespecialist/
also anyone in a simlar boat may be worth giving http://www.deadharddrive.com/forums/index.php a try

Rob

#6
February 10, 2008, 15:58:04 PM
If that falls through, I think I can help...

Quote~ $ sudo hdparm -i /dev/sdb
/dev/sdb:

 Model=ST3500641AS                            , FwRev=3.AAD   , SerialNo=            3PMXXXXX
 Config={ HardSect NotMFM HdSw>15uSec Fixed DTR>10Mbs RotSpdTol>.5% }
 RawCHS=16383/16/63, TrkSize=0, SectSize=0, ECCbytes=4
 BuffType=unknown, BuffSize=16384kB, MaxMultSect=16, MultSect=?16?
 CurCHS=16383/16/63, CurSects=16514064, LBA=yes, LBAsects=268435455
 IORDY=on/off, tPIO={min:240,w/IORDY:120}, tDMA={min:120,rec:120}
 PIO modes:  pio0 pio1 pio2 pio3 pio4
 DMA modes:  mdma0 mdma1 mdma2
 UDMA modes: udma0 udma1 udma2 udma3 udma4 udma5
 AdvancedPM=no WriteCache=enabled
 Drive conforms to: Unspecified:  ATA/ATAPI-1,2,3,4,5,6,

Eggtastico

#7
February 10, 2008, 16:15:33 PM
the firmware doesnt match up, so that one wouldnt work :-(

Rob

#8
February 10, 2008, 17:33:20 PM
Ah. Can the firmware not be updated?

Eggtastico

#9
February 10, 2008, 19:05:35 PM
Quote from: RobAh. Can the firmware not be updated?

possibly.. looks like Ive been sorted now. £25 with delivery for a replacement board.

Eggtastico

#10
February 18, 2008, 21:19:22 PM
Board turned up today, 12 screw motions later & my Drive is working again..

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crazylegs

#11
February 18, 2008, 23:34:49 PM
thanks for the link to the deadharddrive forum egg
Ive posted in the wanted section there myself

gowtam

#12
March 30, 2008, 17:07:55 PM
Hi Egg
I have the same hard disk & had my controller board fried up as well.
Could you tell me whre you bought the PCB?
Thanks
Gowtam

damaged disk:

500GB, SATA II, 16MB
model ST3500641AS,
P/N 9BD148-304,
Firmware 3.AAJ,
site code AMK
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