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Old 11-17-2009, 01:45 PM   #1
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WTB: Maxtor Diamondmax Plus 8 40gb HD

I'm trying to DIY a hard drive recovery by finding an identical drive to get the PCB board. Does anyone have either a Maxtor Diamondmax Plus 8 40 GB hard drive? I will buy it off of you immediately! I prefer a working one, but if it doesn't work because of clicking or other physical damage I'll take it too. As long as the circuit board isn't fried.

Thanks!!!

I took the hard drive from a computer that didn't work, and plugged it into my desktop. Something short-circuited inside and fried the pcb board. I need to recover some important files from the hard drive.
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i think you should be in the buy and sell section
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Old 11-17-2009, 04:30 PM   #3
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Thanks for the suggestion. Do you know how i can move this thread to the buy/sell section?
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Old 11-17-2009, 04:31 PM   #4
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never mind. i guess it is already moved.
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Is it the one drive that is awkwardly slim?

I might have one. Have to see in which external case or system it is.
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Hi, Thanks for responding!

I'm not sure if it is slim. I have taken a couple pictures of it, I can e-mail it to you to see if it is the same if you PM an e-mail address.

The model number is:
6E040L0

Code: NAR61590 (i think it is the firmware code)

The code on the biggest chip on the board is 040110100.

Basically, all of this has to match to do a board swap.
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Sorry man, turns out the drive I had in mind wasn't the same one. It's a Maxtor Fireball 3.

Good luck with finding one.
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That's ok. Thanks for trying.
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You just won the jackpot!

I have one working
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OMG! I'll buy it off of you! I am free today before 5pm, tomorrow before 5pm, and Sunday anytime!
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If that falls through, let me know. I have at least two or three of them. Those drives were dropping like flies at a friends' workplace, he decided to replace all of them. As you've guessed, it's the controller pcb that goes bad -- all of the data on the drive will still be there once you swap a good controller on.

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Hi all,

The first guy that contacted me had a matching hard drive. I swapped the PCB board, and the hard drive runs. But unfortunately the bios recognizes it as N40P. I did a google search, and found it it is a firmware issue that isn't on the board. Would anyone know how to fix this? Apparently, only those data recovery pro's can do it. I'm still looking for options so I don't have to pay $750 for it.

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