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Hi Scott - Thanks for the reply. You name it, I tried it. Freezing, spinning and tapping. I read through this entire thread numerous times just in case I missed something.

I was hoping that someone would have feedback about whether they managed to get their drive going after opening it. A number of people have said they seemed to get it working but never had the final verdict.
If I can avert the necessity for expensive data recovery, that's where I want to be.

The reason I now suspect the PCB is that the drive is no longer beeping. This seems to imply that something I have done has really stuffed things up.

I am keen to hear any more stories. Would be great to have a pictorial of the surgery if anyone has dared Certainly may give me the courage to try it myself