I have a dead WD 80 gig drive.
MDL: WD800JB-00CRA1
Board numeber: 2060-001102-003 REV a
DATE: 17 SEP 2002
DCM: HSFHCV2CH
The drive cannot be detected in the bios and just halts the system from booting up. When the drive powers up it does the following..
spin up
seek noise
click (loud not violent)
spin down
click (loud not violent)
repeat ...
I am a confident with electronics and soldering and I am considering getting another HD of the same model and swapping the firmware chip (8 pin sm dip) onto another controller board.
Given the symptoms of the drive would this be a possible fix for it ? Is the controller board likely to be the problem ?
MDL: WD800JB-00CRA1
Board numeber: 2060-001102-003 REV a
DATE: 17 SEP 2002
DCM: HSFHCV2CH
The drive cannot be detected in the bios and just halts the system from booting up. When the drive powers up it does the following..
spin up
seek noise
click (loud not violent)
spin down
click (loud not violent)
repeat ...
I am a confident with electronics and soldering and I am considering getting another HD of the same model and swapping the firmware chip (8 pin sm dip) onto another controller board.
Given the symptoms of the drive would this be a possible fix for it ? Is the controller board likely to be the problem ?