Western Digital Head Swap Donors

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Western Digital Head Swap Donors

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Patient
Model: WD2502ABYS-02B7A0
Family: Pinnacle
SA SPT: 1311
SN: WCAT...
DATE: 14 FEB 2010
DCM: DHRNHT2AHN
Country of Manufacture: Thailand

Donor 1
Model: WD25000AAKS-00B3A0
Family: Pinnacle
SA SPT: 1311
SN: WMAT...
DATE: 17 FEB 2008
DCM: HHNCHV2AA
Country of Manufacture: Malaysia
Result: Heads were accepted, but couldn't write SA

Donor 2
Model: WD2500AAJS-75M0A0
Family: Pinclite
SA SPT: 1311
SN: WMAV...
DATE: 06 NOV 2010
DCM: HHNNNTJCH
Country of Manufacture: Malaysia
Results: Heads were accepted, was able to fix SA and clone
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Re: Western Digital Head Swap Donors

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Patient
Model: WD30NMZW-11GX6S1
Family: Spyglass
SA SPT:
SN: WXG1...
DATE: 25 MAY 2017
DCM:
Headmap: 0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9 (head 0 disabled)
Country of Manufacture: Malaysia

Donor
Model: WD40NMZW-11GX6S1
Family: Spyglass
SA SPT:
SN: WX21...
DATE: 15 MAY 2018
DCM:
Country of Manufacture: Malaysia
Result: Heads were accepted, but couldn't write SA, so couldn't disable SED to do headmap in DE. Mirrored all but 4 sectors.
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WD10JMVW-11AJGS0

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Patient
Model: WD10JMVW-11AJGS0
Family: FBLite
SA SPT: 1480
SN: WXV1...
DATE: 04 AUG 2013
DCM: EBKTJBKB
Headmap: 0,1,2,3
Country of Manufacture: Thailand
Symptoms: Head 0 dead, heads 1,2,3 read at full speed.

Donor
Model: WD10JMVW-11AJGS1
Family: FBLite
SA SPT: 1480
SN: WXT1...
DATE: 05 SEP 2014
DCM: EHMTJHK
Country of Manufacture: Malaysia
Result: Heads were accepted and finished mirroring the drive with only a couple thousand unreadable sectors. File system and target files were recovered 100%
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Re: Western Digital Head Swap Donors

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Patient
Model: WD10JMVW-11AJGS0
Family: FBLite
SA SPT: 1480
SN: WX41...
DATE: 21 AUG 2013
DCM: HHMTJHB
Headmap: 0,1,2,3
Country of Manufacture: Malaysia
ROM Module 0A: |Q|HJNVHHE
Symptoms: Head 0 dead, heads 1,2,3 read at full speed with only 1 unread sector

Donor
Model: WD10JMVW-11AJGS1
Family: FBLite
SA SPT: 1480
SN: WXN1...
DATE: 27 MAY 2015
DCM: EHKTJHNB
Country of Manufacture: Thailand
ROM Module 0A: |Q|HJXJWHF
Result: Heads were accepted and finished mirroring the drive with a total of 2 unread sectors. Data recovered 100%
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Re: Western Digital Head Swap Donors

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I'm not taking too much attention for the character of the 0A.
I seem to find that even without a match on that character, the heads still match...
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Re: Western Digital Head Swap Donors

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pclab wrote: Tue Jul 06, 2021 11:57 am I'm not taking too much attention for the character of the 0A.
I seem to find that even without a match on that character, the heads still match...
Yeah, it is just an extra measure of accuracy for me.
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Re: Western Digital Head Swap Donors

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Patient
Model: WD10EZEX-00ZF5A0
Family: Tressels
SA SPT: 1689
SN: WCC1...
DATE: 01 MAY 2013
DCM: EANNHT2MHB
Country of Manufacture: Thailand
Letter in ROM Module 0A: J

Symptom: Only head 1 reading

Donor 1
Model: WD10EZEX-7500ZF5A0
Family: Tressels
SA SPT: 1689
SN: WCC1...
DATE: 07 MAR 2013
DCM: EGRNKT2CH
Country of Manufacture: Malaysia
Letter in ROM Module 0A: J

Results: Spins down

Donor 2
Model: WD10EZEX-08RKKA0
Family: Tressels
SA SPT: 1689
SN: WCC1...
DATE: 23 SEP 2012
DCM: EARNHV2MGB
Country of Manufacture: Thailand
Letter in ROM Module 0A: U

Results: Stays spinning, but no access to SA or LBA

Donor 3
Model: WD10EZEX-22RKKA0
Family: Tressels
SA SPT: 1689
SN: WCC1...
DATE: 07 JAN 2013
DCM: DRGNKT2CGB
Country of Manufacture: Thailand
Letter in ROM Module 0A: E

Results: Works perfectly, both heads read at 120MB/sec
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