Head Swap Guide

Western Digital

First part of model number and 2 or 3 middle characters of the second part
Example: WD6400AAKS-65A7B0, WD10TMVW-11ZSMS1

Country of Manufacturer
Example: Product of Malaysia or Made in Thailand

DCMs 5th character. Try matching 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th character if possible
Example: EANNHV2MA

Closest date of manufacture possible. Preferably within 3 months

Seagate

Model Number
Example: ST9640320AS, ST31000528AS

Site Code
Example: SU, WU, TK, AMK, KRATSG, WUXISG

Full part number or first 3 characters in serial number
Example: 9Y7389-301, 9JU138-302, 5MA84KC2, 9ND29XWG

Firmware
Example: CC44, 0005HPM1

Toshiba

Full Model Number
Example: MK3265GSX, MK1017GAP

Closest HDD Code Possible
Example: HDD2H83 F VL01 S

Fujitsu

Model Number
Example: MHT2040AH PL, MHZ2320BH G1, MHV2060BH

Part Number
Example: CA07018-B368000T, CA06672-B262000T

Hitachi / IBM

Full Model Number
Example: HTS541040G9AT00

Part Number
Example: 0F10311, 0A30243

MLC
Example: BA1116, DA2010

Hitachi Old Models, Pre-Merge

(DK23**-**, DK13FA-**, DK14FA-**, HTS4280**F9AT00, HTC42********00)

Full Model Number
Example: DK237A-32, HTS428040F9AT00

Model Code
Example: A/A0A0 A/A, B/A0B6 B/A

Maxtor

Full Model Number
Example: 6H500F0, 4R160L00420P1

Code
Example: RAMB1TU0, VAM51JJ0

Four characters
Example: N,F,G,D / N,M,B,B

Samsung

Full Model Number
Example: HA250JC, HM120JI

Bar Code Side
Example: V6060, P/V FS, T166C

Firmware
Example: ZH100-34, HH100-10