And thank you Joe_S, the post you linked does have an answer to my question. I had missed it on first reading. As long as the crypto accellorater chip is the same, you should be good. Just have to match up the board. And worst case, do some pretty intense soldering on SMD componets.
“If the bridge board incorporates encryption, then you will need to find a replacement board from an identical product of the same capacity. If this still doesn’t work, and if the drive is otherwise OK, you can overcome any incompatibility by transferring the 8-pin serial flash memory chip from the patient’s bridge board to your donor PCB.”
