- May 22, 2018
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I have a hard drive from an old Windows computer. The hard drive is a 1TB Western Digital, model WD10EADS-00L5B1. The computer is long broken, and I want to get the files off of the hard drive.
I purchased a SATA cord for data recovery and when I plugged the board in to the computer the drive did not show up. Within 5-10 seconds my attention was diverted from the screen by a strong odor of electrical burning coming from the drive, which caused me to quickly yank the cords out. The smell seemed to generally come from where I plugged the cord in, so I assume it was a problem with the PCB board. (Opinions? Does anybody else think that's what it would be?)
The PCB board is model 2060-701590-000 Rev A. I've done some research on PCB boards and I understand that to replace it you usually can't just swap the boards, because the special chip (bios chip, i believe it's called?) that is unique to the drive needs to be swapped as well.
So my questions are, does my particular drive have the option of being able to swap that chip?
The reason I ask this is because I was told by somebody online that there is no option to swap the chip on my particular model, but I see otherwise when I look online. I found an exact identical model of my board on Ebay for $17 and judging from the photo, it seems to imply that a chip swap is possible. And when I look at my PCB I see the same chip in the same spot.
I'd like somebody's expert opinion as to whether the information I was given is correct. In short: Is it possible to swap the chip on my particular model?
Secondly, if it turns out that swapping the chip IS possible, how difficult would it be for me to do this myself, and is there any directions on how to do it? Would it cost much to have a professional do it if it's too hard for me to do myself?
Thanks in advance for any help. Here is a few photos of the PCB board and bios chip (including the number on the chip) that I took for anybody who needs them: https://imgur.com/a/vxcoNAO.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
I purchased a SATA cord for data recovery and when I plugged the board in to the computer the drive did not show up. Within 5-10 seconds my attention was diverted from the screen by a strong odor of electrical burning coming from the drive, which caused me to quickly yank the cords out. The smell seemed to generally come from where I plugged the cord in, so I assume it was a problem with the PCB board. (Opinions? Does anybody else think that's what it would be?)
The PCB board is model 2060-701590-000 Rev A. I've done some research on PCB boards and I understand that to replace it you usually can't just swap the boards, because the special chip (bios chip, i believe it's called?) that is unique to the drive needs to be swapped as well.
So my questions are, does my particular drive have the option of being able to swap that chip?
The reason I ask this is because I was told by somebody online that there is no option to swap the chip on my particular model, but I see otherwise when I look online. I found an exact identical model of my board on Ebay for $17 and judging from the photo, it seems to imply that a chip swap is possible. And when I look at my PCB I see the same chip in the same spot.
I'd like somebody's expert opinion as to whether the information I was given is correct. In short: Is it possible to swap the chip on my particular model?
Secondly, if it turns out that swapping the chip IS possible, how difficult would it be for me to do this myself, and is there any directions on how to do it? Would it cost much to have a professional do it if it's too hard for me to do myself?
Thanks in advance for any help. Here is a few photos of the PCB board and bios chip (including the number on the chip) that I took for anybody who needs them: https://imgur.com/a/vxcoNAO.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
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