PCB swap

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    Question Hitachi HDD PCB fried after using different brand SATA power connectors, replaced PCB and copied BIOS but HDD not spinning ?

    Hi, A while ago I managed to fry the PCB of a Hitachi Ultrastar 1TB HDD after using modular SATA power connectors from different brand PSU. After I removed the burnt diode that apparently had no super important job to do the drive spun up to medium speed and started ticking. I bought a...
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    Question HDD Rescue [WD10EADS], before I do any irrecoverable mistakes

    Hi helpful people, I have a HDD that wouldn't spin up and it wouldn't be recognized when plugged in to PC. It's a WD Caviar Green packaged as External HDD 1TB. I've done the following checks: SATA/USB Converter: tried with other HDD so that's not problem, and used another SATA/USB Converter too...