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For new Western Digital Spyglass hard drives with PCB number of 800041 or 810012, users need not only the compatible SATA PCB of 800022 , users need also the HDD USB-SATA wiring PCB for data encryption purpose; For new Western Digital Palmer and Charger hard drives with PCB number of 800066, 800065, 800067, 800068, 800069,…

Here are the steps to remove the heads properly from one 2.5″ laptop HTS541060G9SA00 hard drives. Step 1: Remove the hidden head screw behind the label and screws on the lid edge;Step 2: Remove the HDD lid, hold the HDD with the lid at lower side, use some slim hard tool to prise off the…

The new motor balance adjustment video is one new method our clean room engineer found and it is free for all clients who have purchased the Premium Video-How to Adjust HDD Motor Balance from hddheadtools.com。 Users can request this new motor balance adjustment video by email to sales@hddheadtools.com. Motor balance adjustment is very important for…

The new photo instructions to use the Seagate 7200.11 And 7200.12 Head Replacement Tool are available. For all users who have purchased the Seagate 7200.11 And 7200.12 Head Replacement Tool, please email to sales@hddheadtools.com to request the new instructions and manual. Seagate 7200.11 And 7200.12 Head Replacement Tool is one head comb for all the…

FAIL Servo Op=00DF Resp=0007 is very common terminal error message for Seagate physical damaged hard drives. If this error keeps coming like below and never enter F3 T>, it is definitely head damage. Boot 0x80MFAIL Servo Op=0100 Resp=0003 0100 0000 0000 0001 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000…

PreampFaultStatus is one very com terminal error for Seagate hard drives. PreampFaultStatus:ROM not original, read ROM and check SN, Model and compare with labelPreamp chip damage, not commonChange ROM modules to fix and see

Clicking hard drive data recovery case is one of the most common data recovery cases in our clean room and our clean room engineers are able to handle these cases properly. For all these clicking hard drives, users must have proper clean room environment and clean room head and platter swap tools to work with…

If users want to buy one special WD unlock PCB of 2060-810011 to unlock the original HDD for firmware repair and data recovery, users need to pay attention to the quality of the unlock PCB because from the layout, it looks like the same but some users may get some faulty PCBs in the market…

There’re some new western digital hard drives whose PCB number is 2060-800077-003 REV P1 and for these hard drives, the PCB has MCU lock and the ROM and firmware cannot be accessed. If these patient hard drives have firmware corruption, the patient HDDs may be not detected, wrongly detected or busy or the data area…