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Seagate drive Connector pins damaged
Hey Wolf, here is what Seagate said....big surprize Hello Gary, Thank you for your inquiry. Little can be done when a drive failure occurs due to power surges, physical damage to the drive, or head crashes. It is advisable to contact a data recovery company capable of retrieving the data...- gqqser
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- Forum: PC hardware - Hard drive issues
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Seagate drive Connector pins damaged
Where the pins get soldered is so close together, there is no way to solder it on the board without overlapping onto the adjacent pin. Hey...for $35.00...it's worth a try. Thanks Again, You've been a great help- gqqser
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- Forum: PC hardware - Hard drive issues
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Seagate drive Connector pins damaged
Thanks guys....found one on ebay for about $25.00 (ya know and $150,000.00 shipping) same everything. I tried to solder but it is just to small...even bout several types of soldering irons ....to no avail. I'll give this a shot and see if it works...thanks again, you are all a big help. Goose...- gqqser
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- Forum: PC hardware - Hard drive issues
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Seagate drive Connector pins damaged
I have a Seagate Barracuda 7200.7 120 gig hard drive and I broke a pin on the connector of the circuit board. My question is (other than obvious) can I replace the circuit board with another from a good drive? I thought that if I could find a drive that has the same model# HDA # and such that...- gqqser
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