Hello everyone, If anyone is interested to help me on this one…the drive is a WD5000AAKS and it’s dead; no powering up, no spinning, no sounds, no vibration, no anything - dead. This didn’t happen while using the drive, I just powered on the pc one day and the drive didn’t power up. I searched for…

WD5000AAKS - PCB swap

fzabkar May 11, 2013, 6:43am 3

You might like to repost your question to The HDD Oracle:
http://malthus.zapto.org/index.php

There are several data recovery professionals who might be willing to help you with your DIY efforts.

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