burnt out HD

[Killakale]

hey guys, quick question, but let me explain my situation first. i burnt my seagate sata 120g while hooking it back up after sleeving the power adapter with neon cable sleeving. when i turned it back on it started smoking bad. looked like one of the grounds wasnt pushed back into the molex all the way.

any way i think all that happend was the board on the bottom was fried (a small little black thing was obviously burnt and the origin of the smoke). the board comes off so nicely i would think that just the baord can be replaced. if this is possible where could i find a replacement like that? if not would it be possible to buy another one of these HD's and take the board off it? im really only intrested in retrieving the data off the HD.

 

[micker377]

If you can get the EXACT same drive (pay special attention to the last digits on the model number), it should work. That is if you haven't hurt the mechanical part. Also, make sure the power cable (to the drive) isn't damaged (do you have another power connector you can use?). Could the "sleeving" have shorted anything?

 

[garebo]

The board is called a pcb board and I have even had good results when i got a pcb board that was close to the one that was bad, but it is far better to get one that matches completely the same as the bad one.


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[G0AOZ]

Bear in mind it might need to be not only the same pcb but the same revision number...

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[garebo]

Exactly, sometimes you can get away with something close, other times you need the same pcb and the same revision number. The reason is fairly obvious some revisions are major and some are minor enough that the drive will still work, at least long and well enough to get the data you want.


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[Killakale]

sweet thanx for the quick replies fellas.

yah i think im goona buy a new sata ready PSU anyway.

so your saying i could replace it, but there is no othere way to get a new pcb board without buying a whole new unit?

this site rocks, man im glad there are places like this and ppl like u guys!!!

 

[garebo]

There is one alternative that does work. You can join a site that has a for sale\trade section, such as anandtech or tech imo, for instance. YOu get on there, talk to some of the people who have been around a while, look for the number of posts near their name, tell them nork sent you, thats me, the older people all know me. Tell them what you are looking for and i guarantee you will get one of those pcb boards for peanuts compared to the price of a new drive!


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[mainegeek]

Killakale,

You do realize that if you buy a new drive for a board swap in order to get data off, that you do it temporarily then put the board back into the new drive after?

I'm sure you know that but I just had to ask.


I once successfully used a board from a 30gig drive to get data from a 15gig. It ran really slow but it worked.

 

[garebo]

Mainegeek, it must have been the same mfgr, right?
I used a 20 gig on a 30 gig h drive and it worked, same mfgr.
But not too long ago i tried a near identical board on a hard drive and it wouldnt work, so you never know. However, this will only work if the pcb was damaged in the first place. If the drive is broken inside then changing the pcb board does nothing.


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[mainegeek]

garebo,

Yes, both were Maxtor and the bad one had a fried chip on it.

 

[garebo]

The 20 and 30 i mentioned above was Maxtor as well. I have had better luck with maxtor when doing this sort of thing.


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