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Double check the numbers on the controller boards; HDD's are complicated little computers and the manufacturers change things during production of a particular
by h2odragon 3y ago
Double check the numbers on the controller boards; HDD's are complicated little computers and the manufacturers change things during production of a particular model of drive fairly often.
If you've got the controller board your drive wants and still nothing, then its time for professional help or considering the data lost, imo.
- daneel_w 3y agoThe PCBs are of the exact same model. My fear is a DRM type scheme connected to serial numbers etc. stored on the platters having to match those of the controller.
- h2odragon 3y agodoesn't even have to be DRM, just "media mapping" where its adjusting tot he individual platters and such. like factory low-level format stuff. I don't know how complex HDDs have got, but I recall giggling at someone installing linux on an HDD controller board several years ago. So I bet its much worse now.