hmm, sounds like a high probability, I like that, thanks.

I left out some information, the drive makes a high pitch scream when trying
to be accessed, it a declining pitch that lasts for about two seconds and
repeats every ten seconds or so.  Never heard it before on any drives.

Also, if it's just diodes, I can do that.  I'll take a close look and reply
regarding the rev level.

Thanks a bunch . . .



On 9/1/06, Herbert Graf <mailinglist3@farcite.net> wrote:
>
> On Fri, 2006-09-01 at 16:28 -0400, John Remington wrote:
> > I recently lost a drive (7200 rpm 40gig Caviar) during a power brown-out
> /
> > power failure.  I wasn't home at the time so I'm not sure about the
> > condition other than what I heard . . .   people say the power dipped
> and
> > peaked a bunch of time before going out completely (lightining hit a
> main
> > transformer).
> >
> > I didn't have a UPS on the machine that lost the drive (thank God I had
> one
> > on my server or I would be in tears).  The drive has some stuff on it
> that I
> > would really like to get off of it, but I believe the controller is
> cooked.
> >
> > What do you folks think the chances are of waking this drive up by
> > purchasing the same model drive (off ebay maybe?) and swapping out the
> > controllers?  Would there be more to it, like swapping some firmware
> chips?
>
> The chance of it working are quite high, assuming you get the right
> board.
>
> Controller boards are changed multiple times during the life of a model.
> As long as you ensure the drive you buy has the exact same board as
> yours you should be good to go. There is no need to swap any chips.
>
> I've done this sort of thing once, and it worked well.
>
> TTYL
>
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