Hello,

I got a broken external freecom drive ,that has a broken controller board.

I order to be able to recover the data, I need to switch controller boards.

In order to be able to read the data from the broken disk ,I need to change the board while the new disk spins up .

So the procedure is :

-startup new disk

-launch command to stop spinning the disk

-detach the controller board from the new disk

-connect the controller board of the new disk ,onto the old disk

-launch command again to spin it up

-recover data

At least I can give that a try from the moment I can connect a data cable to the disk enabling me to sent the commands to the disk.

So my question is :

Has anybody an idea where to connect this data cable ?

HARDRIVE MODEL : Samsung HM320JX :

http://www.samsung.com/global/business/hdd/productmodel.do?group=&type=94&subtype=99&model_cd=396

Hello,

I got a broken external freecom drive ,that has a broken controller board.

I order to be able to recover the data, I need to switch controller boards.

In order to be able to read the data from the broken disk ,I need to change the board while the new disk spins up .

So the procedure is :

-startup new disk

-launch command to stop spinning the disk

-detach the controller board from the new disk

-connect the controller board of the new disk ,onto the old disk

-launch command again to spin it up

-recover data

At least I can give that a try from the moment I can connect a data cable to the disk enabling me to sent the commands to the disk.

Any source for this procedure?

Hot swapping PCB's is not something "usual".

See if anything in here:

http://files.hddguru.com/download/Datasheets/Samsung%20Service%20Manuals/

can be of use.

jaclaz