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More on this. I did once in the past by replacing the board from an identical HDD that was mechanically broke down HDD, and yes, it worked perfectly. But before running this procedure there is one way to check whether the drive head is still in good work. Try to connect it to HDD power line, then listen closely to HDD (luckily I have stethoscope at home ) if it only wheezing smoothly then it probably good to go. But, if you hear a continuous ticking sound (like a clock sound), then it most likely already had a serious mechanical damage.
But hoping it only as what have been said above. (linux or Mac formated )
Kevin