I have a customer who had a total hd crash: obvious blown ic on the logic board.
The small office he works in bought 5 identical HP computers about 1.5 years ago. So, I thought, I can hook him up. Went to another pc in the office, ghosted the hd to a new one, and pulled the original drive out. After all that, it was a totally different drive--Quantum vs. Maxtor.
The other pc's are tougher to get at, and the capacities lead me to think they drives are random models.
So, the question: even if I can find an identical drive, can I just replace the logic board and off to the races? I'm not going to look any harder unless there's a chance of this working.
Quantum's website says they won't provide boards and that such a replacement won't work. Is that true or just a clever ploy to push more platters into the marketplace?
Thanks in advance,
Kent
The small office he works in bought 5 identical HP computers about 1.5 years ago. So, I thought, I can hook him up. Went to another pc in the office, ghosted the hd to a new one, and pulled the original drive out. After all that, it was a totally different drive--Quantum vs. Maxtor.
The other pc's are tougher to get at, and the capacities lead me to think they drives are random models.
So, the question: even if I can find an identical drive, can I just replace the logic board and off to the races? I'm not going to look any harder unless there's a chance of this working.
Quantum's website says they won't provide boards and that such a replacement won't work. Is that true or just a clever ploy to push more platters into the marketplace?
Thanks in advance,
Kent