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Case solved. I ordered a perfectly fitting 050 (date, revision) - but it also had 4 heads and doesn't read. I was about to give up because I couldn't find a suitable model. After 3 weeks of vacation by the sea and another head swap (MQ01ABD100), the drive now reads stably at 10MB / s via the...

Physically there is no problem. The housing is the same for both types. Also the ramp is designed for four heads in 050. Only difference is the height of lower magnet. I tried with old drives from the trash - it fits (the upper ramp has to be cutted to prevent H2/3 hit against it and lower...

Hi@all has anybody tried to use MQ01ABD100-Donor (4 Heads) for MQ01ABD050 (2 Heads)? I tried the only 050 i have - just clicking - but i have a lot of the 100's in stock. Thanks.

One more: Patient: WDC WD1600BEVE-00UYT0 (IDE) DCM: FHYTJHBB Date: 21 SEP 2008 Head map: 0, 1, 2, 3 Thailand Family: Lynx Donor: WDC WD1600BEVS-08RST2 (SATA) DCM: FBCTJBBB Date: 12 FEB 2008 Head map: 0, 1, 2, 3 Thailand Family: Aries imaging at ~ 38MB/s

Thanks for this thread... i recovered a lot of drives with different model-numbers in the past but didn't write it down. Here's my first on this forum. Patient: WDC WD5000LPVX-60V0TT0 DCM: HV0T2VBB Date: 14 NOV 2014 Head map: 0, 1 Thailand Family: Hubble LT Donor: WD5000LPCX-24C6HT0 DCM...