Kevin (and others of the list) thanks for the suggestions. I've been told that this is very likely a hard disk HEAD crash, which would make any data on the drive nearly impossible to recover without spending $$$ to get at it (lowest price I found so far was $499.00 and it would take a week). I can see now why there is such big moeny in data recovery. I can do the software stuff easily enough, but some hardware may be out of my reach (HD sugery requires a class 100 clean room and I don't have $2 million to invest). Now, I wouldn't mind working for one of more of these places. they do tend to pay well and I could learn rather a lot. On Wed, Apr 30, 2008 at 2:18 PM, Kevin Faulkner wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > does anyone happen to have a spare electronics package laying around > > > > What do you mean by electronics package?? I hope your not just planning on > > > > swapping the PCB (Printed Circuit Board or Primary Controller Board, it varies). > > > > If you swap with the wrong one you could be worse off. When swapping those out > > > > you need to be very precise with Western Digitals you need to be aware of the > > > > Site Code as well as the top number/letter combo, i think with yours it might be > > > > something like: AMR or AMK I don't remember something like that > > > > though. I know what its like to loose data, keep us informed. > > > > > ok, > > here the numbers I do have: > > > > S/N: WCANU1419620 > > WWN: 50014EE2AAB5FB6D > > MDL: WD500ks-00MNB0 > > DCM: HCACAJAAB > > > > does any of this help? > Really your on your own unless you have a buddy that has something very similar > to your board. I would start looking at Ebay for those specs. At the place I > used to work at we kept thousands of drives even if the head were bad, because > then you could swipe the PCB from it.:w If you look around there are specific > companies that cater to this situation and they have warehouses full of drives > and they charge (easily) $400 for say an 80 gig drive. > But keep in mind your not 100% sure that it really is the PCB, it could be that > the heads are failing (which is probably more likely). What I think is happening > is that when you power it on your heads are failing and its trying to initialize > but it can't so it keeps on trying. Finally the BIOS just says "whatever man, > I'm moving on" and the drive doesn't show up. Head swaps are hard to do. take > the PCB off and visually inspect it, looking for any burn marks also smell too. > good luck > -kevin > > > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss