[sdiy] SCSI hard drive?

[John Loffink]

It sounds like it may be an active SCSI terminator chip.

John Loffink
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-synth-diy at dropmix.xs4all.nl [mailto:owner-synth-
> diy at dropmix.xs4all.nl] On Behalf Of mark verbos
> Sent: Thursday, March 10, 2005 5:18 PM
> To: synth diy
> Subject: [sdiy] SCSI hard drive?
> 
> Ok this is a longshot....
> 
> I moved a SCSI harddrive inside my computer with the power on and I must
> have touched some metal with the PCB side. Smoke came off the board and
> there is a fried chip on it. I think if I replace that chip, the drive
> will still work (I hope I should say). It is SMT but not super small
> pitch.
> 
> The problem is I can't really read the chip label. The burn obscures the
> label. It is a Texas Instuments 24 pin. what I can read is "74AXYVT" and
> "TPIC15..." then the burn starts
> 
> Any guesses? Are these kind of parts available? The drive is a Seagate
> Barracuda, BTW
> 
> Mark