Wanted: Electronics board from a Samsung SP0802N "Spinrite" 80 GB hard
drive.
About 2004 vintage.

I have friends who, despite my repeated warnings that all hard drives always
fail *, have had a HDD failure & inadequate backups. How inadequate is yet
to be seen.

The PC power supply failed in some walking wounded manner and produced
substantial voltage fluctuations which damaged a number of components in the
system, including the hard drive. There is some prospect that the controller
board was damaged but that the HDD proper is still OK - I've recovered a
drive before now by simply swapping controller cards (although this has
failed for me in more cases than it has worked in).

If anyone has either a dead version of this drive or perhaps a working one
that is too small to be worth using (only 80 GB after all :-) ) then I'd be
pleased to discuss the possibility of obtaining its brain.

If someone local had one this may be able to be done on a trial and return
basis - on the understanding that the trial may destroy the controller. FWIW
- on the perhaps 10 or so occasions where I have unsuccessfully tried
swapping controllers I've never seen the trial unit damaged.
YMMV :-).

If replying to this via PICList would you please also send me a copy
directly. (apptechnz@gmail.com)





  regards


                  Russell McMahon

* ALL Hard drives always fail. Lifetimes vary - typical range is minutes to
a decade or so, with median probably in the 3 year range by now. I've seen a
new Toshiba laptop drive 'gone by lunchtime' on its first day of use.
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