Cross Compatible WD Families   So I’m starting this sticky to keep track of families which can be used as cross-compatible heads donors if matched correctly. Here’s what I’ve confirmed so far: Dolphin & Mercury Mariner & Marn5 4K Tahoe 2D & Vulcan RE Sabre 53 and Sabre 58 Confirmed by Luke: Shrek and Shrek […]

WD USB to SATA Conversion Compatible PCB Guide   Hi guys, I know this information isn’t new as it was already posted by Acelabs, but I’d like to have a sticky thread about this for quick reference. Here’s a list of SATA compatible boards for WD My Passports, My Elements, etc. that have a native […]

In this case study, we’ll be performing a WD30NPRZ data recovery project that came into our laboratory for hard drive recovery. Hard Drive Model: WD30NPRZ-82YRMT0 Hard Drive Family: PebbleB External Enclosure: G-Drive Mobile USB GDRU3NA30001ABB PCB: 2060-800022-000 REV P2 Symptoms: Customer describes that drive was taking a long time to appear when connected it.  They […]