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Aviko, it seems you didn't see this part of my post ... Do you have an advice for me about that point ? (I erased the G-List but had Bad Sectors, and I want to mark them again) Thank you!

I've just fixed my BSY Maxtor STM3500320AS. Have been using 1st post and insulating motor. Ghost just complained about a bad sector while dumping the drive onto another one ... now I know why, I shouldn't have cleared the G-List Anyway it's not a big deal for me (except the time lost because it hapenned in the middle of the dump [270 Gb of datas] and I had to restart from scratch with the force cloning flag) because those are in an Iso image I can download again. Thanks anyone who contributed to make this possible. I've recovered 99,9% of my datas, and 100% of my important datas. So, insulate what you want but ... don't clear the G-List! I've used this adapter http://sigma-shop.com/shop/product_info.ph...;products_id=44 bought via ebay (search for "MAX232 RS232 to TTL Converter Board for ATMEL AVR PIC" or visit this store http://stores.ebay.fr/DIA-STORE). Self powered with 5v from rs232, worked like a charm. So far so good, I'm happy, 2 month and 2 days without my datas was a veeeeeeeeery long wait! Aviko, will a Smart Full Scan "regenerate" the G-List ? I know that my ISO is lost, but from what I understand the drive won't mark those sectors as bad until I try to write on them, right ?

You can even put someting just between motor contact / pcb without removing any screw. Just need a 1cm large paper card, and unscrew a bit the screw near that point. This way, no fear to let anything move, let fall a screw on the pcb ... Anyway nice tuto. Having been seeking like a mad on hddguru this solution for weeks. Still needs my TTL adapter