Having called Seagate I was told I could not purchase a circuit board, so if need be I will just use an identical drive (which I have) but would prefer not to, so if I can do this myself how do I get one, I cannot see why I would logically need a hermetic seal, the board is clearly visible, and particulates would potentially be able to both get around it and a select few, through it, so if I do, please explain why.
May 1st, 2010 on 4:42 pm
As the above poster said, a clean room isn’t required for PCB swaps. A clean room is only needed when you’re working with the disk internals. Keep in mind though that a PCB swap isn’t a magical fix; it won’t always fix the drive. Some boards also require you swap the CPU and/or ROM between boards and swapping the entire board won’t help.
May 1st, 2010 on 4:42 pm
You don’t need a clean environment to do this.
You only need a clean room if you are going to open the disk case – exposing the actual metal disks and the read heads.