wd5000lmvw Dead rom

Freakazoid

Member
Have a westeren digital wd5000lmvw that i change pcb on And moved u12 from old to new. After replacing will not the hard driver spin up.. it will spin up with the wrong u12 but only give like click of dead. Any suggestions for a newbie
 

pclab

Moderator
What tools do you have?
Have you tried to read the ROM from patient? What was the problem with the original PCB?
 

Freakazoid

Member
Hello pclab.

I use DFL-PCIe 4X Data Recovery Express.
I’m actually not sure how to read rom :? I turned off the hard drive when the click of dead start (won’t damage reading head? ) original pcb is dead I think no light no spin up.
 

Jared

Administrator
Staff member
Are you sure the original PCB is dead? Did you try putting the donor ROM on it and see?

Some WD drives won't spin up if there's a short-circuited head. But, a ROM with a different head map might not notice the shorted head.
 

Freakazoid

Member
I have tried "donor" ROM on original pcb and original ROM on donor pcb hard drive is still dead. I have also tried and take a backup of bios from patient hard disk with ROM reader, but I can not read it off, so I think there is nothing to do with this hard disk?
 

Jared

Administrator
Staff member
Even if the ROM is totally dead, which is pretty rare, it's certainly not a lost cause. It's just a matter of either rebuilding the ROM from the service area (if there are backup modules there) or finding a close enough ROM to work. I've often found that a drive built within the same week will have a close enough ROM code to work.
 

Freakazoid

Member
The original harddrive is 28 Oct 2012 and the donor ROM is 04 Nov 2012.

When I'm trying to read original ROM I'm getting this error
2u5qnix.jpg
 

Jared

Administrator
Staff member
What's the full model, including the important part after the dash?
 

Jared

Administrator
Staff member
Unfortunately, I don't believe Hubble family ever stores a backup of the ROM in the service area. So, if it's really dead you'll have to rely on finding one close enough to work.
 
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