[clug] WD Caviar Blue 500GB Sata / 16MB Cache

Keith Goggin keith.goggin at bigpond.com
Fri Feb 6 15:46:30 MST 2015


David,

It's a 3.5 inch form factor, which by now you will have deduced from 
Steve's photo.

On 07/02/15 06:33, David C wrote:
> 2.5 inch or 3.5 inch form factor?
> On 7 Feb 2015 2:09 am, "Keith Goggin"<keith.goggin at bigpond.com>  wrote:
>
>> I'm trying to recover data from this dead hard disk.
>>
>> It had minimal use, was in an external hard drive enclosure and showed no
>> signs of life.
>>
>> I've tried it in a Docking Station again no signs of life.
>>
>> My only hope now seems to be swapping the external printed circuit board
>> with one from an identical hard drive that has been decommissioned for
>> other reasons.
>>
>> If anyone has such a candidate for sacrifice or advice why this may be a
>> futile exercise, I'd like to hear.
>>
>> The board is marked :-
>>
>>      Rev A
>>      2060-771698-004
>>
>> Thanks
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