WTB: Western Digital SATA 160GB HD - Urgent!

[Primer_Drift]

Looking for a Western Digital Caviar SATA 160GB HD

Must be model WD1600JD-55HBB0

or if anyone knows a good supplier for WD printed circuit boards (PCBs) a reward is offered for information resulting in the acquisition of beforementioned WD1600JD-55HBB0

I know its a shot in the dark here, but I am hoping that someone on here purchased one of these from MemoryExpress between Dec 2004 - Dec 2006.

Thanks!

[Grogador]

Might have better luck getting in touch with WDC, those drives should come with 3yr warranty, maybe they'd do out-of-warranty service or just send you the controller board. They do advanced replacement with a CC as well...

[Primer_Drift]

Thanks for your reply, unfortunately it states on WD's website they do not supply replacement PCB's and they will only refer you to their preferred data recovery companies (mucho $$$).

:cry:

I have a line on a PCB that should work but if anyone on here thinks they have a 160gb WDC lemme know :thumbsup:

[Grogador]

D'oh! Good luck !!

[dogstar]

I have a 160, pretty sure it's a WD, but I'm unsure on model number.

I'll look when I get home.

[thetrousertrout]

Ok you better have a cute sister!
I have a dead WD1600JD-00FYB0 if it will work for you it is yours!
PM me and I will give you my number.
Eric

[dogstar]

I guess mine is actually a WD1600BB... who knew!

[Primer_Drift]

Originally posted by thetrousertrout
Ok you better have a cute sister!
I have a dead WD1600JD-00FYB0 if it will work for you it is yours!
PM me and I will give you my number.
Eric

If its dead, it more than likely has a burnt out motor control chip just like mine.. (source (http://wd1200jb.freewebspace.com/)) http://wd1200jb.freewebspace.com/images/hd_full.jpg
And because your code is XXFYB0 instead of XXHBB0 it more than likely will not work with my drive ..but I appreciate the offer anyways!

Just posting this so if anyone else gets/has this problem it won't take them an hour to find the right answer..



WD 2000 B B - 32 AA A0
1 2 3 4 5 6 7


1. WD - Western Digital

2. Capacity

3. Rotational speed
letters A-E are assigned to EIDE
A - 5400 rpm (WD Caviar 5400)
B - 7200 rpm (WD Caviar 7200)
C - 10'000 rpm
D - 4500 rpm (WD Spartan)
E - 5400 rpm (WD Protege)
letters F-Z are assigned to SCSI and specialized HDDs
F - 10'000 rpm, 2 Mb cache
G - 10'000 rpm, 8 §®§Ò§ä cache
H - 10'000 rpm, 4 §®§Ò§ä cache
J - 7200 rpm, 8 §®§Ò§ä cache
K - 7200 rpm (Performance)
L - 7200 rpm (Fluid Bearing Motor)
M - 5400 rpm (Fluid Bearing Motor)
N - 5400 rpm (WD Prot¨¦g¨¦ - Fluid Bearing Motor)
P - 7200 rpm, 8 Mb cache (Fluid Bearing Motor)
Q-Z - reserved

4. Interface
letters A-E are assigned to EIDE
A - ATA-66
B - ATA-100
C - FireWire
D - Serial ATA
E - ATA-133
letters F-V are assigned to SCSI and specialized HDDs
F - Fibre Channel
G - Ultra2 (68 pin)
H - Ultra2 (80 pin)
J - Ultra160 (68 pin)
K - Ultra160 (80 pin)
L - Ultra3 (68 pin)
M - Ultra3 (80 pin)
N - Ultra SE (50 pin)
P-V - reserved
A/V product for home use, letters W-Z
W - A/V for home use
X-Z - reserved

5. Customer ID
00 - Generic
10 - DEC
11 - WD Prot¨¦g¨¦ OEM
12 - Intel
18 - Dell
23 - IBM
25 - Toshiba
28 - Microsoft
32 - Reseller
35 - WD Spartan
40 - Apple
44 - WD Prot¨¦g¨¦ Other
60 - Compaq
80 - Motorola
90 - Distribution Only
95 - Tektronix
99 - Boeing

6. Family ID.
Reflects structural differences between drives. Useful for parts replacement and firmware matching - General construction (platters, motor, etc)

C - 40 GB platters / BallBearings
D - 66 GB platters / BallBearings
E - 83 GB platters / BallBearings
F - 83 GB platters / FDB
G - 83 GB platters / FDB / SilentSeek (?)
H - ?
J - ?
L - ?
M - 80 GB new platters / SATA2 / no NCQ
N - 80..107 GB new platters / SATA2 / with NCQ (?)
K - 107 GB new platters
P - 107 GB new platters / SATA2 or RE2 (?) / with NCQ (?)
R - ?
(...these are mostly speculations so far...)


7. Customer Configuration Code - CCC
X0, X1, X2¡_ - device version for testing purposes
A0 ¨C first high-quality sample
B0, B1, C0, C1 ¨C models for specific resellers
Ax, Bx, Cx, Ex - WD Caviar
Fx, Gx, Hx, Jx - WD Prot¨¦g¨¦
Kx, Lx, Mx, Nx - WD Performer
X0 ¨C pre-production phase
A0 ¨C production phase, then the revision number grows: first from 0 to 9, then letters follow (except for letters I, O and Q)

I've ordered some PCB's off ebay, there are several good suppliers on there.
Thanks all!

[Greek Wizard]

Must be some seriously important pr0n on that drive.

good luck man.

[Primer_Drift]

haha no, there are proprietary databases on them..