i have the same drive failure as yours. I purchased the board today and have already changed out the bios. All my stuff came up and I'm back in business! Thanks to hddzone.com, just cost me less than $40!
leon2046, are you a spammer? If not, then how did YOU "change out the BIOS"?
FYI, the adaptive data are internal to the Marvell MCU. You need an SMT rework station to desolder this chip. I would have expected hddzone.com to know this.
BTW, same day delivery is indeed Marvellous, if true.