Firmware WD20EARS

WD Internal Drives Desktop & Mobile Drives
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Hello, after a controller card change on a hard drive WD20EARS, my hard drive is not detected, apparently its firmware which would be the cause ???

Bonjour, suite a un changement de carte controleur sur un disque dur  WD20EARS, mon disque dur n’est pas détecter, apparemment sa serait le firmware qui en serait la cause ???

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Welcome to the Community.

Even with the same controller model may have a different revision and firmware, which may be incompatible with the hard drive. This is the reason as to why Western Digital does not offer controller/logic board replacements. Firmware revisions for this hard drive are not provided by Western Digital either.

if you need assistance recovering the hard drive’s data, then perhaps it would be best to contact a specialized data recovery service. More information is available in the following link:

http://support.wdc.com/recovery/index.asp?wdc_lang=en

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WD PCBs store unique, drive specific, “adaptive” information in serial flash memory, either in a discrete 8-pin chip at location U12, or embedded within the Marvell MCU. These “adaptives” need to be transferred from patient to donor. Some PCB suppliers include such a service at no extra charge. The most you should pay is US$50.