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In this teardown, i will disassemble a dead IBM Travelstar DJSA-220 20 GB hard drive which was in a PowerBook G3 Firewire.
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My Victim: a dead IBM Deathstar DJSA-220
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20.00GB ATA/IDE
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5V 500mA
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4200RPM
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Original Apple OEM!
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Let's remove the 7 T6 screws!
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The disc surface is mirror-like. You can even see my iPhone 3GS!
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Parts Of The Device
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Heads.
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Head Motor
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A little bag that absorbs humidity.
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Turn the disc over and remove the 7 T4 screws.
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Then comes the logic board.
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Contacts for data transfer and head control
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Contacts for motor power
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You now see the back, without the logic board.
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Heads connector, transfers head-moves commands and data to store and read
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Motor connector, brings power to move the discs at 4200RPM
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Let's attack the inside!
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remove the two T6 screws.
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This piece is a powerful magnet!
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This is a PCB with a ribbon cable sticked on it
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Remove the two T6 screws.
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The screw is on the back, T6 too.
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I was unable to remove that T8 screw that holds the platters. They keep turning with my screwdriver and i couldn't block it strong enough.
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The head with its connector.
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Done!
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The Screws:
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7 T4 screws.
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13 T6 screws.
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1 T8 screw
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There are more screws in this hard disc than in a new MacBook!
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is there a replacement for this drive, mine just went bad...
Hi, of course, there is! Any 2.5'' ATA hard drive should fit. Beware, some computers have a 128GB capacity limit.
is there anything reusable from the parts aside from the magnets? can you help me figure it out where I could probably use them?
To be honest, not much. If the logic board is fine, you could keep it just in case a same model drive went bad on this side. The screws may be useful if you are dealing with small electronic devices. But for sure, the most interesting part is that strong magnet.
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Do you happen to know where I can find drivers to get this hard drive to work on my win 7 pc? I need to extract some data from it, thank you in advance
Hello, your tutorial is very nice. I want to learn how to fix harddrive, and every kind of trouble they can encounter. I wish to know what are the compatibilities between parts, what logic board and heads can be swaped, etc... Do you know where i could learn more about all this stuff?
Is there an external drive enclosure for this hard drive?
Any 2.5 inch IDE enclosure will be fine ;-)
joelc -
Would I be able to gain access to files if the hard drive is making a hissing sound?
great content watch the location of these mags when you have sensitive media around cuz it will wipe or degrade the contents
we use the aluminum panels and screws on art projects
Good that the number 7 for the T6 screws is mentioned, but better would be to indicate where the 7th screw is located: under the barcode near the center.
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