need advice pls. I have a Seagate desktop hdd 250gb. the circuit board is fried. suspected cos of electric surge (I didn't use a surge protector that time)

Is it possible to change the circuit board to retrieve the data inside?

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Added on August 1, 2009, 3:19 pmKLCC PC Fair - Crazy Corner booth selling 1TB WD My Book for RM349 on 1st day.

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Added on August 1, 2009, 4:06 pmHard to tell. You have to ask Msia distributors for this info.

This post has been edited by MysticShadow: Aug 1 2009, 04:06 PM

u need to find the exact model as ur hdd first. good luck to u.

i don't think so can wo.. because the HDD important information such as SN, PN, capacity... etc. are record in each HDD information chip. if you replace with the same MODEL the Serial Number & Part Number doesn't match . unless those 2 HDD PCB board are same SN & PN.
i think it still can on, but can't detect>>

This post has been edited by sanderz: Aug 1 2009, 05:04 PM

@super macgyver, @sanderz

Aisay.. that sucks. but thanks for the info. I didn't realise the info chip was so important. I'll just hang on to it for now till I figure how to retrieve the data...

would anyone know if any harddisk 250gb and beyond available for PATA/IDE 2.5inch harddisk? this is mainly for my notebook, not inside the notebook but i use the cd-rom bay by inserting hdd adapter. i could only find 160G, but not above it.

any comment for this WD 500Gb 32Mb sata2 HDD? Or any other recommend brand & model? thanks

i currently build a desktop...

any sugestion for d hardisk??

wat brand prefer??

plning to buy a 500gb or 640gb... which 1 worthy?

Western Digital 640GB

i'm looking for WD hdd 320GB SATA
but there is some diff type like blue,green,black
may i know whats the different ?

i think a...

energy saving
green>blu>black

performance
black>blu>green

price
black>blu>green
(blu and green not enough diff)

and is there black in 320GB? so far i just saw 1TB only

Ah my Bad, been awhile since i did a detail specs on it. But i was (on top of my head) coming from the much improved WD SE16 640 GB with 320 GB x2 platter on it. At that time, other makes needed to reach 320 gb they needed 160gb platters for a single WD 320gb.

Bah! i'm typing while alt-tabbing too much. Just saying WD is my current pick YMMV.

I test my ext hdisk, and SMART Fail , but I still can access the hdisk with some bad sector area for certain files...

is there any way to repair it?

thanks

azmi

there are actually. i saw it listed on WD's website before. just that they're not sold here.

i plan on buying a 1Tb HDD and use it as external-HDD..
which brand suit this condition ?

WD FLALS Caviar black 1TB

Be sure to use an e-SATA external casing if you do get the Black 1TB.

USB casing will bottleneck your Black 1TB from ~90 MB/s (read) down to ~30 MB/s. If using a USB casing, you're better off with the cheaper Green.

i should try for samsung..?
i heard its performance also great..

I've heard of good things with some of Samsung's SpinPoints. I do not know of the specific models however.

And again, performance is not an issue if you get a USB 2.0 casing.

yeah...bcos rite now im using lappy..no other choice but to use USB..

"TechWare Labs posted a mod article by Artiom that transforms a $120 Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 1.5TB into a speed demon that outperforms a $230 VelociRaptor 300TB in almost every way."

Nice. Short stroking at work.