Exchanging Hdd pcb possibilities?

[Pazzoman]

Hi I'm new here.....first post

My Seagate hdd has died, the pcb on it has burnt.....no harm has been made to the drive itself as I got to it before it cooked it too much. What I'm wondering is that if I exchange the pcb with the same model...but differen't drive capacity...in this case a ST320011A....with a ST340016A, I'm very sure that the same drive model and drive capacity will work, though I'd rather get a better drive as mentioned. Will it work?...or is there a rom on the pcb, that wouldn't recognise the new drive? I'm very sure the logic board is the same design layout in all of the Seagate Barracuda ATA IV 7200 rpm model's. Can anyone confirm this?

Any help appreciated or views on the subject.


Thanks

 

[Susan]

Interesting you should post this, Pazzoman.

Just the other day, I took a HD out of an old Packard Bell and installed
in my own system.

On the PCB of the HD, it's got 2.1GB stamped on it, but the drives fires up as a 6.4G. It's Western Digital.

Seeing that, I can imagine that changing out the same model board could be entirely possible.

 

[Pazzoman]

That sounds promising Susan....I'm hoping to get the new drive today or tomorrow.

As I said, the same drive should work, but I really don't want to be stuck with a 20gb again.

Thank's for the reply!

 

[Pazzoman]

Well....I got myself a new 80gb Seagate today....swapped the pcb from it...to the 20gb, it spins nicely, but that's about it...bios doesn't pick it up, worth a try I guess. I'm just gona have to hunt down a 20 gb now. Not much of those around in Oz as they used to.:frown: