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Long shot, i have this hard drive 250 GB

Connection Interface

EIDE, DMA/ATA-133

Rotational Speed

7200 rpm

Weight

1.34 lbs

Data Transfer Rate

133 Mbps

Disk Capacity

250 GB

its a Maxtor Maxline 2, ATA drive, its a year old.

It overheated i think, the pcb on the bottom has burnt straight through
one of the microchips, it is under warranty, but i have some 20,000
mp3s on it, tons of familly photos and paid for software, i really
don't want to send it back to lose the lot and get a shoddy replacment
drive, im really good with electronics, question is how can i get a
replacment control board, or has anyone got a dead drive with a good
control board on it.

Tim.

"bilbo44uk" <> wrote:

|>its a Maxtor Maxline 2, ATA drive, its a year old.
|>
|>It overheated i think, the pcb on the bottom has burnt straight through
|>one of the microchips, it is under warranty, but i have some 20,000
|>mp3s on it, tons of familly photos and paid for software, i really
|>don't want to send it back to lose the lot and get a shoddy replacment
|>drive, im really good with electronics, question is how can i get a
|>replacment control board, or has anyone got a dead drive with a good
|>control board on it.

Ya I've done it before, find an exact drive and transfer the PCB to
the bad one. You should find a number on the PCB, find one like it.

If your real careful with the screws and don't break any markers, good
chance you could still get a replacement (If the drive you Cannibalize
is still good).

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