I have a different board (4069-705089-001) but with the same chips. I cut pin 8 - no change, I cut pin 7, now the drive won''t start and the LED does not come on. So removed the chip, No drive start, no LED. :-(
I had to break pin 8 AND 7.it's work but Hard drive can't sleep..my HDD alway spinning even i turn off my computer.I'm concerned about my drive's health when using this method
After I have replaced my old 2tb hdd with new 8tb hdd in my WD My Book attached to Asus router, my book 8tb will not go to sleep anymore. Do you have any advise?
My WDBWLG0050HBK-04 didnt power up, so found out common problem. Bought a new case WDBWLG0050HBK-0B but my old data are not accessable. If i follow your instruction do you think i would get access again ? Thank you !
Did the fix for the board in my 8 TB (sharp corner) case (P/N WDBBGB0080HBK-NA). Separated both 7 and 8 pins and now works wonderfully with other drives. Vielen Dank!
Today i tried to upgrade my WD Elements 3TB with an 16TB Toshiba Drive. Same issue. No Initialisation. After some research i stumbled accross your video. Usually i do not cut wires, based on an youtube video. But i had nothing to lose, i did not really need the case itself.
This (removing pin 8) worked for a different but similar chip (pm25ld020) on a different but similar board (4060-705149-000) from a WD MyBook that had a WD 3 TB drive. Your English was no problem at all, and needs no apologies! THANK YOU for making and posting this useful video!
Thank you! I was about to throw away the enclosure but then I saw your hack and decided to give it a try, Pin 8 removed, works like a charm! Feels good to re-use this instead of throwing it in the bin!
Great job! I cut just pin 8 and now it works. By the way, your English is just fine. I understood everything and now my 4TB drive replacement to a 3TB drive is purring like a kitten. Thank you.
Bought mine from WD in 2019 and had to remove PIN 7 AND PIN 8, now it works! <3 Thanks a lot!
Just to mention, it also worked with a different chip marked as: PM25LD020, also with just cutting pin 8.
Thank You, I have My Book 4TB, V3, the 2018 version. I had to break pin 8 AND 7 for it to work!
This worked for a 2011 Western Digital My Book Essential USB 3.0 (3TB) - the chip is in a different place on the board - pin 8 only 👍
sleep works?
I have a different board (4069-705089-001) but with the same chips. I cut pin 8 - no change, I cut pin 7, now the drive won''t start and the LED does not come on. So removed the chip, No drive start, no LED. :-(
I had to break pin 8 AND 7.it's work but Hard drive can't sleep..my HDD alway spinning even i turn off my computer.I'm concerned about my drive's health when using this method
After I have replaced my old 2tb hdd with new 8tb hdd in my WD My Book attached to Asus router, my book 8tb will not go to sleep anymore. Do you have any advise?
My WDBWLG0050HBK-04 didnt power up, so found out common problem. Bought a new case WDBWLG0050HBK-0B but my old data are not accessable. If i follow your instruction do you think i would get access again ? Thank you !
Well.. it worked, but now the connection isn't as reliable and the HD disconnect quite often. I don't know why
You sir deserve a medal
Bought an WD 8TB MyBook in 2019. As stated below, removing PIN 8 AND 7 did the trick. Thanks & shout out to the great community here!
Did the fix for the board in my 8 TB (sharp corner) case (P/N WDBBGB0080HBK-NA). Separated both 7 and 8 pins and now works wonderfully with other drives. Vielen Dank!
Today i tried to upgrade my WD Elements 3TB with an 16TB Toshiba Drive. Same issue. No Initialisation. After some research i stumbled accross your video. Usually i do not cut wires, based on an youtube video. But i had nothing to lose, i did not really need the case itself.
I was preparing to put in the trash the my book external case because the original drive has gone bad.... thank you it worked with only removing pin 8
This (removing pin 8) worked for a different but similar chip (pm25ld020) on a different but similar board (4060-705149-000) from a WD MyBook that had a WD 3 TB drive. Your English was no problem at all, and needs no apologies! THANK YOU for making and posting this useful video!
Thank you! I was about to throw away the enclosure but then I saw your hack and decided to give it a try, Pin 8 removed, works like a charm! Feels good to re-use this instead of throwing it in the bin!
Vielen Dank !!!
Great job! I cut just pin 8 and now it works. By the way, your English is just fine. I understood everything and now my 4TB drive replacement to a 3TB drive is purring like a kitten. Thank you.
I bought an 8tb wd easystore, and I can confirm this works. I just had to remove pin8, not 8+7. I used some micro snips and it worked great. Thanks!