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cameronr Deadharddrive regular
Joined: 12 Apr 2008 Posts: 17
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Posted: Tue Sep 14, 2010 5:56 pm Post subject: Looking for repair shop for ROM chip swap. |
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I have a Western Digital drive with a fried PCB.
I have a replacement PCB which has been confirmed to be a close enough match to work for multiple people.
I have no soldering iron/heat gun, or enough soldering experience to remove and replace the surface mounted ROM chip without fear of frying it too.
(I've looked into buying the appropriate equipment, but just not confident I can do it myself)
I live in Fayetteville, Arkansas, and I've contacted more than a dozen "computer repair stores" in the area, but can't find a single one that can do surface-mount soldering. Every single store i contacted advertised "data recovery", but none of them really do anything more than replacing video cards and running antivirus.
There don't appear to be any general electronic repair stores in the area.
Is there an experienced company I can send my PCBs to and have the replace the chip for less than $1000? (This is what one computer repair store quoted me for "sending it off")
Does anyone have any advice or suggestions?
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sunnydreamspace Deadharddrive regular +5
Joined: 04 Jan 2009 Posts: 540
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Posted: Wed Sep 15, 2010 3:12 pm Post subject: |
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hi,
you can take it to any repair shop for swap ROM chip. i have upload demo video on youtube. search " swap ROM for data recovery" then you can find out it. i can help you swap it for free(you provide PCB or buy parts from me). but you need send PCB to me for process. please feel free to contact me if any question about it. _________________ provide Hard drive PCB,entire drive/ Data Recovery service.... big HDD resource. talk to me immediately! sunnydreamspace@hotmail.com
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cameronr Deadharddrive regular
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Posted: Wed Sep 15, 2010 3:39 pm Post subject: |
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I found your youtube video here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X2hgiDHiXKM
You make it look so simple!
Thanks for the offer, but I don't want to send it all the way to china. ![Smile](images/smiles/icon_smile.gif) |
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fzabkar Deadharddrive regular +3
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cameronr Deadharddrive regular
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Posted: Mon Apr 11, 2011 3:36 am Post subject: |
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Unfortunately, there are no electronics repair stores near me. No real ones anyway. ![Sad](images/smiles/icon_sad.gif) |
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