Q: Hello, I have a broken portable disk samsung st500lm014. but there are so important archive such as photos, videos inside it. Can I save them by changing pcb board? I couldnot found any donor pcb board for disk at Turkey. Please help us.. PCB board number is bf41-00373a as seen at attached disk photos.
A: If your HDD can’t spin, you can swap PCB to try.
https://www.hddzone.com/st500lm014-samsung-pcb-bf4100373a-p-2836.html is your donor PCB.
When you get this PCB, you need to move your original PCB’s BIOS to the replacement PCB. The 8pins (4 pins on each sides) with 25P05VP、25P10VP、25F512、25F1024、25F1024AN、SST25VF512、SST25VF010, etc. are the BIOS.
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