PC-3000 Forum

Hello,

There is one trick to make donor heads read: move head adaptives from donor to patient ROM.
Save donor and patient ROMs first.
Then follow Tools->Utility extensions->Work with flash ROM file command. 
There is an icon with "DATA" word on it, so load patient ROM then press it and move donor head adaptives to it.
Save changes in patient ROM, restart the drive and utility.
If donor heads will not read SA again, those donor is not compatible.

Dear Dmitriy,

Is it compulsory to load head adaptive s of donor drive on Patient Rom,after the head replacement ? if yes which are the adaptives should overwrite on Patient rom ?

Betty
Crystal

No, it's not compulsory. In my experience moving head adaptives doesn't even help very often. Usually they either work, or just don't work. I think it's really more for addressing speed issues if it isn't reading well, but if it's not reading at all then it's not likely to even help.

Hello,

In my case, I used to match the donor 100 % matching and even i am not getting success. But If i taken back head and return to donor hdd its working fine ,but its not working on patient, most of the cases. So that i thinking something has missed in Head replacement.Please share the process or tricks .

betty
crystal

How are you matching the read/write heads you're replacing with? That's most the battle, getting the right ones. The recently updated DonorDrives guide is actually really accurate: http://www.donordrives.com/hard-drive-pcb-donor-match

Dear datamedics,
thanxx.. Almost I used to match the donor like " donor Drives Blog" . Even though its not giving more success . Where is "Preamplifier type" . i mean from where we can get preamplifier type .

Betty
Crystal

Here, I posted an explanation with pictures in this thread: https://www.data-medics.com/forum/how-t ... t1205.html

You'll need to be running PC-3000 version 5.8 or higher I believe or the menu option isn't there.

DataMedics wrote:Source of the post Here, I posted an explanation with pictures in this thread: https://www.data-medics.com/forum/how-t ... t1205.html

You'll need to be running PC-3000 version 5.8 or higher I believe or the menu option isn't there.

This option is available for 6.0 version only.

Thanks! I did the two upgrades so close to each other I couldn't remember which one had added it.