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Hi All,

My PC recently suffered a terrible death thanks to all the power cuts and as a result I have lost 3 Hard Drives. These drives contain some really important files an I really need to retrieve these files. Before sending them for data recovery, I want to be sure that it is not maybe just the circuit boards that I can replace these myself and get them running again, even if it is just long enough to recover my data. Could anyone advise me on where I can get circuit boards, or perhaps assist me with circuit boards. What do I need to look out for?

WANTED - 3 Different Drives
Items Wanted: Western Digital Purple 3TB, Western Digital Green 2TB, Seagate 3TB

Location: Johannesburg
Willing to accept a shipped item: Yes

I am looking for any condition drive, as long as the circuit board/s is still functioning.

Thanks.
 
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you might want to post the model numbers. for example the WD green EARS is a completely different animal to the WD green EADS
Thanks will confirm the model numbers as soon as I get home this evening.
 
Model Numbers of the Hard Drives are:
Western Digital Green - WD20EARS
Western Digital Purple - WD30PURX
Seagate - ST3000VX000

If anyone has unhealthy drives with these model numbers they willing to part with.
 
Model Numbers of the Hard Drives are:
Western Digital Green - WD20EARS
Western Digital Purple - WD30PURX
Seagate - ST3000VX000

If anyone has unhealthy drives with these model numbers they willing to part with.

PLease post clear images of the PCB. 2 seemingly identical drives can have different revisions & BIOS chips / design. I can *maybe* help out with a WD 2TB Green 3.5" PCB.

Otherwise, post the exact model, revision and any other details on the top sticker of the drive, & I'll see if my suppliers can source them new.
 
PLease post clear images of the PCB. 2 seemingly identical drives can have different revisions & BIOS chips / design. I can *maybe* help out with a WD 2TB Green 3.5" PCB.

Otherwise, post the exact model, revision and any other details on the top sticker of the drive, & I'll see if my suppliers can source them new.
PLease post clear images of the PCB. 2 seemingly identical drives can have different revisions & BIOS chips / design. I can *maybe* help out with a WD 2TB Green 3.5" PCB.

Otherwise, post the exact model, revision and any other details on the top sticker of the drive, & I'll see if my suppliers can source them new.
Sorry I'm not sure how to properly share the images on here, so I have loaded them to a directory on my personal domain. @ScorpioMan86 is able to assist me with a BIOS chip swap, so I would just need to find identical PCB to make the process easier.
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Hi All,

I'm still looking for these PCB's if anyone happens to have any spare drives laying around. See the link to the images in my previous comment showing drive / PCB model numbers.

SEAGATE - 100717520 REV B
WESTERN DIGITAL - 2060-771698-002 REV A
WESTERN DIGITAL - 2060-771945-001 REV A
 
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