Smegma,
When I called Maxtor they told me that if the board I connected to it was not 100% correct, it would corrupt the data.
Hell, I have 4 or 5 Maxtor 30 gigs around here, so I *WISH* I could just swap out any old board!
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Buckfutter,
On circuit board itself on the bottom right hand corner.
Like this:
Mine says:
BLUE-FISH,NAPA,BUF
301353102
1101 MAXTOR CORP
Got my fingers crossed! ;)
And thanks for checking for me, I appreciate it!!
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Muff,
I used to run a computer shop and I have worked in a few before I got into adult web, and I am pretty sure that while computer shops love to let the cutomers think they can perfrom repairs like that, they simply can not.
They would have to have some way of ordering that exact chip from Maxtor (or whoever they contracted to manufacture that particular chip) and since everything is surface mount these days it would be a very hard solder job even for a pro.
Not to mention that I am guessing by the NASTY way that chip blew, it might have messed up something else on the board also!
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nobull,
HA HA HA HA
THat is about what the "data salvage experts" want me to pay them!
Seriously though, they range from $200 - $9,000. Looks like I could probably send it off to an expert and get my data back for about $500, but I don't like sending hard drives through the mail (the heads might get damaged) and I don't trust some jack ass with my data!
Besides, if I can just find this damn board I should be able to do it myself!
WHOA... dude... I just noticed that YOUR drive was manufactured on the SAME DAY as my drive!
MAY 5, 2001
Now why the hell do they have different HDA numbers for???????????????
Whats your circuit board say on it nobull?????