Are Maxtor logic boards s/n locked?

External Since: Jun 06, 2004 Posts: 11

My Maxtor D740X -6L (Mx060040J2) is dead with a hole burnt in one of
the chips on the logic board. I got a drive of same model and swap the
board but it is not recongnized by BIOS.

Has Maxtor matched the Logic board to the s/n so that swapping is not
possible?
ABC

Please do not reply by email.Reply to NG

External Since: May 21, 2005 Posts: 6

"ABC" <ABC.TakeThisOut@nospam.net> wrote in message
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> My Maxtor D740X -6L (Mx060040J2) is dead with a hole burnt in one of
> the chips on the logic board. I got a drive of same model and swap the
> board but it is not recongnized by BIOS.
>
> Has Maxtor matched the Logic board to the s/n so that swapping is not
> possible?
> ABC
>
> Please do not reply by email.Reply to NG

when I replaced the c/board on my 5T030H3(30Gig) I was told that the HDA,
PCBA, and Unique numbers should be identical. They also stipulated the PCBA
as being the critical number and that the card need not come from the same
model. ie the c/board off a 5T040H4 (40Gig) would have fitted and run my
drive.

dj