Hi John,


What model do you have... STxxxx... ?

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"John Smith" wrote in message ...
Just found a 60GB version of my drive. I have an 80GB version but according
to the Seagate manual they are identical in all respects apart from one
having 3 heads and one having 4 heads.

What do you think?

J.

"John Smith" wrote in message
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Thanks...

"HddGuru" wrote in message
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"Rod Speed" wrote in message
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John Smith wrote in
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Not the RSPCPPCFSHD - Noooooooooooooooooooo!

Fraid so, its curtains for you...

So you reckon it is just the circuit board.

Very likely.

Easy to swap, just make sure you get the same Firmware REV!



Our US friends call them logic boards.

They do get called various things.

What about the motor???

Its unlikely to have been fried, because reversing the power
connector would normally put 5V on the 12V rail, under voltaging
that, but putting 12V on the 5V rail frying the electronics.

Or am I way off?

Not on another circuit board being worth a try.

I've just seen an identical drive over on ebay.com

Yeah, thats the best place to get a replacement board.

try a search on www.google.com for the exact model number.



but not one here in the UK. I think I will
keep my eyes open for one over here.

Also, Seagate drives have ruddy annoying star-shaped
screws. I will have to go to Maplins and see if they sell
a screwdriver with such a head.

Yeah, they are readily available.

Ask for Torx screw drivers and you will be sorted ;O)




"Rod Speed" wrote in message
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John Smith wrote in
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I fried a Seagate 80GB drive a few weeks ago.

I did a stupid thing and was connecting the power connector
up when the PC was on, put the connector in the wrong way
and, strange burning smell 5 seconds later, the drive was fried.

I've reported you to the RSPCPPCFSHD

So, is there anyway to recover the data on
this drive. Is it just the circuitry that has gone

Very likely.

or has the data also gone?

Very unlikely indeed.

Or is it something else?

Not very likely.

I was thinking of buying another Seagate drive, unscrewing
the electronic circuitry from the old one and screwing on the
new one so that I could recover the data? Would this work?

Probably, and certainly worth trying.

I know companies used to charge a fortune for this kind
of thing a few years back - do they still charge a fortune?

Yep.

Hasn't a 'cheap' home-based product
for such an event come on the market?

Not possible. There has with data recovery at the software
level, but that wont work if you've fried the electronics.



Nice to see a decent response and not a **** take (Cockberk), nice one
Rod
;O)