Have a friends HD here, where a component let out the magic smoke on the logic board.

Its a seagate ST3120022A 120gb. Im hoping if I replace the board (and maybe even just this component if I can figure out what it is), the drive should work fine correct?

QQ, what all numbers do I need to match other than part number? Im seeing now firmware and part numbers while scanning ebay.

[Edited on June 23, 2010 at 7:49 AM. Reason : .]

6/23/2010 7:44:53 AM

You need the exact model/revision #, and firmware.

Check out the following website for another guy's success story/failed first attempt.

http://www.deadharddrive.com/

6/23/2010 8:40:27 AM

I just matched the model number on a seagate laptop hard drive and had great success


[Edited on June 23, 2010 at 9:26 AM. Reason : guess i got lucky or something]

6/23/2010 9:21:55 AM