So this is what I hate about Seagate manufacturing and having to quote Seagate recoveries.
I'm trying to recover a drive with the following specs:
ST1000DM003
P/N: 1CH162-501
FW: CC44
Serial: S1D...
Site: SU
Date: 13451
Trying to figure out what preamp this drive is likely to have. Based on the drives listed out on donordrives.com, here's what I find for drives with all the same specs (except for the date).
Date Code -> Preamp
13301 -> B2
13313 -> CA
13316 -> CA
13365 -> CA
13391 -> CA
13451 -> ?? (my case)
13462 -> B2
13466 -> CA
14026 -> B2
So, it looks like I've pretty much got a crapshoot between CA and B2 being the correct one. :roll:
But, how are you supposed to explain to a customer that you have no way of definitively knowing which is the correct one, and that they are on the line to buy a second one if the one we get is incompatible? Only thing I can come up with is to double the price of donor parts, but that only works until they google the price themselves.
I'm trying to recover a drive with the following specs:
ST1000DM003
P/N: 1CH162-501
FW: CC44
Serial: S1D...
Site: SU
Date: 13451
Trying to figure out what preamp this drive is likely to have. Based on the drives listed out on donordrives.com, here's what I find for drives with all the same specs (except for the date).
Date Code -> Preamp
13301 -> B2
13313 -> CA
13316 -> CA
13365 -> CA
13391 -> CA
13451 -> ?? (my case)
13462 -> B2
13466 -> CA
14026 -> B2
So, it looks like I've pretty much got a crapshoot between CA and B2 being the correct one. :roll:
But, how are you supposed to explain to a customer that you have no way of definitively knowing which is the correct one, and that they are on the line to buy a second one if the one we get is incompatible? Only thing I can come up with is to double the price of donor parts, but that only works until they google the price themselves.