Looking for a replacement Maxtor Logic Board

I just did check eBay and either I didn't use the right key words, or what
I'm looking for isn't available.
I there not much logic board + drive swapping over USENET? Any other
resources I should check?

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Hupjack <hupjack_nospamtoday_yahoo.com> wrote in
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 > I just did check eBay and either I didn't use the right
 > key words, or what I'm looking for isn't available.

You'd best search for Maxtor drives of about
the right size. Many dont bother to list the model
number but can tell you that if you ask for it.

 > I there not much logic board + drive swapping over USENET?

There is quite a bit if you know where to look.

 > Any other resources I should check?

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 > There is quite a bit if you know where to look.

Haven't I hit the right spot on USENET? comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage
Are you saying there are other NGs I should post to?

I didn't spot ANY logic boards on eBay. I'm not looking to recover any data
from this drive. Just repair the drive for the sake of not throwing stuff
away.. So if I have to buy a working drive to fix this one, then I haven't
gained anything. Are you saying I could buy a busted drive on eBay or only
expect a working one?

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In article <DdKdnZZU19ZLqIXdRVn-vA.DeleteThis@comcast.com>,
Hupjack <hupjack_nospamtoday_yahoo.com> wrote:
  >> There is quite a bit if you know where to look.
 >
 >Haven't I hit the right spot on USENET? comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage
 >Are you saying there are other NGs I should post to?
 >
 >I didn't spot ANY logic boards on eBay. I'm not looking to recover any data
 >from this drive. Just repair the drive for the sake of not throwing stuff
 >away.. So if I have to buy a working drive to fix this one, then I haven't
 >gained anything. Are you saying I could buy a busted drive on eBay or only
 >expect a working one?

Have you checked to see if the disk is covered on warranty ?

I wouldn't spent any time or money trying to fix a disk drive to be
frugal. Life's too short.



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Hupjack <hupjack_nospamtoday_yahoo.com> wrote in
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   >>> I there not much logic board + drive swapping over USENET?

  >> There is quite a bit if you know where to look.

 > Haven't I hit the right spot on USENET?
 > comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage

Its one of the better places for that. You do need to
use groups.google to look at past traffic on that tho.

 > Are you saying there are other NGs I should post to?

Nope, I was basically saying that its best to look using groups.google.

 > I didn't spot ANY logic boards on eBay.

Sure, like I said previously, you have to buy full drives to get them.

 > I'm not looking to recover any data from this drive. Just
 > repair the drive for the sake of not throwing stuff away..

In that case, unless you have nothing better to do with your
time, give up now. Its certainly possible to get good logic cards
off drives that have had a failure of the stuff in the sealed
enclosure, but its not worth the trouble with a drive like that.

The short story is that modern commodity drives are now
so cheap that they dont warrant any real repair effort now.

Essentially it makes more sense to pay some
asian peanuts to make a new one instead.

 > So if I have to buy a working drive to fix this one, then I haven't
 > gained anything. Are you saying I could buy a busted drive on eBay

Yes, some do flog dead drives on ebay.

 > or only expect a working one?

Nope, you do see some flogging dead ones.<!-- ~MESSAGE_AFTER~ -->
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being a recent unemployed engineering graduate, I don't actually have a
whole lot to do. I'm very concerned about the wasteful, don't repair
anything, BS that our society favors, and consequently I am likely to waste
a little time looking on eBay. I didn't spot one very quickly though, so I
may have to let this one go.

Just because the throw away society is dominant, doesn't mean I have to
participate.
In fact, I'd like to find work combating this type of crap.

I'm a recently graduated mechanical engineer, and if you see a enormous
computer re-use market emerge in silicon valley, chances are I'll be the
entrepreneur behind it.

Thanks for your help,
-Ethan
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