I have an rarely used ST31000528AS Seagate which always was in 100% health.
After a backup of about 800 GB, upon next restart it quit. PCB “3rd logic state”; smoke!
Provided all detailed images of drive.
Want to make 100% certain all’s right before I order correct replacement PCB!
ST31000528AS Seagate PCB 100535537 REV A – $27.00 – HDDzone.com is your donor PCB.
When you get this PCB, you need to move your original PCB’s BIOS to the replacement PCB.
Replacement the PCB will not solve the problem below.
* The drive will power up normally (no ticking noises, errors etc) but will not be recognized by the computer
* The drive will power up normally and be recognized correctly but will report a size of 0 bytes
* The drive will power up but report SMART errors on boot
Those problem is caused by the HDD firmware corrupted.You can find a data recovery company help.
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