[Pc_Support] Help Request: HDD parts to revive dead drive

[William A. Mahaffey III]

mflang at bellsouth.net wrote:

>>>Aaron:  I have a 120 GB WD1200 as the second hd on one of my boxes. 
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>>I plan on swapping the electronic circuit board on the bottom long 
>>enough to copy the data off of the platters.  And yes, if your board 
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>A good question before you proceed is, do you have the proper bit to remove the screws on the board? Most Western Digital drives use a six-point star bit with a pretty flat tip to remove a screw with a very flat head. And it's hard to find this bit (I don't have one and I've searched), so it's hard to get these screws off. I use a small lock wrench from Sears, and carefully (lots of time and patience!) and slowly nudge them off. Mind the wrench's jaw doesn't scratch the tracings on the board!
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>And if you have one of those bits, where the heck did you get it?
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>Max.
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Sounds like a Torx bit .... Sears & others have them, used in automotive 
& apparently computers :-).

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	William A. Mahaffey III

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