Re: How hard is it to swap HD electronics boards

From: BWL (btvfxer_at_aol.com)
Date: 10/10/04 

Date: 10 Oct 2004 08:32:43 GMT

The two drives must be as nearly identical as possible; different revisions
will not work. Have you tried any of the other suggested methods for jump
starting a dead drive? Freezing, twisting the drive in your hand as it begins
to start up (that one actually worked for me; saved 80G of data from a stuck WD
drive)...?

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