Fujitsu PCB swap success

[Ryan Underwood]

Just wanted to let the folks here know that I rescued a dead/dying Fujitsu
MPB3064AT 6.4GB drive by swapping the PCB with another MPB3064AT. The
drives were not identical (mfg dates and other numbers on label differed),
but it was close enough to get the data off the drive. The symptom was
that the drive would almost spin up all the way but then immediately spin
down until it was power cycled, and never would come up.

This is notable because I have seen at least a few people mention that PCB
swaps don't work on Fujitsu drives, so I had mostly given up hope. It
does work on at least _one_ older drive now....

 

[Rod Speed]

Just wanted to let the folks here know that I rescued a dead/dying Fujitsu
MPB3064AT 6.4GB drive by swapping the PCB with another MPB3064AT.
The drives were not identical (mfg dates and other numbers on label differed),
but it was close enough to get the data off the drive. The symptom was
that the drive would almost spin up all the way but then immediately spin
down until it was power cycled, and never would come up.

This is notable because I have seen at least a few people mention
that PCB swaps don't work on Fujitsu drives, so I had mostly given
up hope. It does work on at least _one_ older drive now....

It usually does work on drives that old/small.

 

[Arno Wagner]

Just wanted to let the folks here know that I rescued a dead/dying Fujitsu
MPB3064AT 6.4GB drive by swapping the PCB with another MPB3064AT. The
drives were not identical (mfg dates and other numbers on label differed),
but it was close enough to get the data off the drive. The symptom was
that the drive would almost spin up all the way but then immediately spin
down until it was power cycled, and never would come up.

This is notable because I have seen at least a few people mention that PCB
swaps don't work on Fujitsu drives, so I had mostly given up hope. It
does work on at least _one_ older drive now....

It does work for those old drices with the chips that had a bad
flame-retardant added to the casing, since there is nothing
wriong with the mechanics. Usually disk defects are mechanical and
not in the electronics.

Arno