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memius
Joined: 1 Apr 2009
bergen, norway | | | i have a linux hd where i'm pretty sure i fried the controller board with an electrostatic shock. will unstoppable copier be able to override the fried controller, and will it be able to handle a linux disk? |
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Roadkil
Joined: 28 Mar 2008
South Australia | | A fried controller is a bit of a BIG problem! For this one i think your best option is to get another hard disk of the same brand/model, move it across, transfer the data off and then but the board back on the other drive. Its a risky job though and can result in 2 dead hard disks instead of one!
UNfortunately if its truly dead no software will save you!
Cheers! |
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w1zard
Joined: 16 Jul 2009
UK | | | I've swapped controllers on disks with fried electronics before and been successful. It is certainly risky, but the best advice I can give is try to use another disk which has the same firmware on it, and is manufactured around the same time. Differences in the circuit board are the main reason this method fails, so the closer the hardware matches, the more likely it will work - good luck :) |
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