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What do I need to know to replace the PCB of my WD Caviar Green Hard Drive?

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I have a dead 1.5 TB WD Caviar Green hard drive that I'd like to try to fix by replacing the drive's PCB. The drive was housed in an external enclosure. After a power cycle, neither the drive nor the enclosure would power up, and the computer would not recognize the drive as being connected. I trie…

Error Output

Model : WD15EADS-00P8B0
WWN: 50014EE0AC71C1AC
DATE: 11 NOV 2009
DCM: HARCHT2MA
LBA: 2930277168
5VDC: 0.70A
12VDC: 0.55A
R/N: 701640

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Fix for: What do I need to know to replace the PCB of my WD Caviar Green Hard Drive?

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The websites referred to by Moab in his comments are the only two I know of that will help you find correct hard drive PCBs. Firms that do this professionally simply buy an entire matching drive and remove the board from it. Know that this is a very…

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