[WLJohnson05]

i need some help...i've finally figured out what is wrong with my burned out external hard drive.



help..

[Ace417]

the only thing you can do is find the EXACT SAME HARD DRIVE. after that let me come swap them out lol

looks like you got that off already...hmm

[mxnate116]

can you clean that crap off of there?

[sikedsyko]

What is that?

[Ace417]

looks like melted enclosure. woody by the same drive i dont mean the same external, since they change hard drives in those. look the product number up and search on ebay to get an exact match. whos the manufacturer?

[WLJohnson05]

Originally Posted by Ace417 looks like melted enclosure. woody by the same drive i dont mean the same external, since they change hard drives in those. look the product number up and search on ebay to get an exact match. whos the manufacturer?

all i need is the new pcb, but apparently i have to swap the rom on these to get it all to work right. i just am not very good at soldering which is going to need to be done i think to swap that out.

[Cricket]

I havent soldered in a while, but with some practice again I could probably do it for ya. I need a new soldering iron though.

Second look maybe not. I don't know if I can get the solder that perfect for that.

[Safi]

< knows how to solder those things

[WLJohnson05]

Originally Posted by Safi < knows how to solder those things

ur the one i was waiting to chime in really....what do you recommend? i figure i can buy a new pcb, but someone that i asked said something about the rom having to be transferred....can you explain that? from what i think i understand its the little box that sits at the u12 spot just has to be swapped over to the new board...

[Safi]

Originally Posted by WLJohnson05 ur the one i was waiting to chime in really....what do you recommend? i figure i can buy a new pcb, but someone that i asked said something about the rom having to be transferred....can you explain that? from what i think i understand its the little box that sits at the u12 spot just has to be swapped over to the new board...

In most cases there will be an unlocking code stored on the PCB. Because of this you wont be able to just swap a good PCB onto your drive since the good PCB doesn't have the same unlocking code.

In other cases you may be lucky and the drive doesn't use any sort of locking/unlocking.

But to start, the first thing you need to do is get the exact same drive so you can use it's PCB. From there you can try just swapping it out, and if you're lucky that'll be the end of it....if not theres really not much else you can do as that burnt chip in your drive is the one that holds the locking/unlocking password

[WLJohnson05]

Originally Posted by Safi In most cases there will be an unlocking code stored on the PCB. Because of this you wont be able to just swap a good PCB onto your drive since the good PCB doesn't have the same unlocking code. In other cases you may be lucky and the drive doesn't use any sort of locking/unlocking. But to start, the first thing you need to do is get the exact same drive so you can use it's PCB. From there you can try just swapping it out, and if you're lucky that'll be the end of it....if not theres really not much else you can do as that burnt chip in your drive is the one that holds the locking/unlocking password

there better not be a damn unlock code for something i already purchased
from what i've read these drives generally work with just swapping the pcb and with teh old rom and it should work.
just not trying to spend too much on the board. find me a board that i dont have to pay like 35 for...

heres the number stamped on the board
2060-701292-001 rev a

[WLJohnson05]

so is there anyone in the newport news who can do the rom swap for me?

[WLJohnson05]

bump

[WLJohnson05]

solder inclined people

[Trick Tuners]

Damn! That would be a job for the guys that bust out the microscope and the mini tip. You need specialized (expensive) equipment. Not easy for sure! I have a friend that used to do that stuff, but he had military equipment for that kind of work. You can't ask for guys that can solder, you need to change the title to something like "for those that can solder microchips onto pcb boards". I've done a fair bit of soldering on pcb boards, but only for big stuff like resistors and diodes. Even then its tricky. Are the traces burned up too? That would be more work to redo the traces, and hopefully its a single layer pcb.