PCB Source

[richfriend]

I am looking for a source for a WD Caviar 205BA board.
Model # WD205BA-00AGA0
Drive was functional until catastrophic power supply failure nuked it.
Data is not worth the $$'s that a recovery service charges however I would like to try and recover it.
PCB is absoulutely fried with two components showing blowout damage.
Any help on source would be appreciated.

 

[richfriend]

anyone?

 

[Salem]

Short of contacting WD directly to see if they have any available - I've no good idea, but some suggestions...

The simplest approach (if you still like the drives) is buy another identical one and 'borrow' it's PCB for a while.

I tried "hard disk caviar" as a search on ebay, and found a few disks, but not the one you want. Maybe worth saving a search to see if one comes up in the near future.

Perhaps you could get a cheap disk with a "compatible" PCB, but that would require more research into which models were compatible with the one you have.

 

[kshugart]

Try a search on Computer Mart @

http://www.compu-mart.com.

They have sources for hard drive venders who may help locate the exact model and revisions you need.

Klon Shugart
Data Recovery Specialist
CCNA/MCP2K/CDRT
Microsoft Certified Partners

http://www.adv-data.com