Disconnect white connector on Hitachi Deskstar hard drive logic board

[michaelmalak]

I'm attempting to replace the logic board on a 500GB Hitachi Deskstar hard drive, model HDT725050VLA360 (0A33437BA20290S71). I can't figure out how to disconnect the board from the cable that leads to the inside of the drive. It's a white connector into which four leads (that are soldered to the logic board) enter. I can't figure out if the leads are permanently attached to the connector (meaning I would have to desolder the leads from the logic board) or if that white connector is a socket. It's got tabs of all sorts surrounding it, and if it is a connector, I'm stumped as to what combination of pressure on which tabs would release it. A photo of the connector is at:

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[edfair]

Usual to slip the ribbon out of the socket. Medium pressure to back it out. A real bear to put it back in.

Ed Fair
Give the wrong symptoms, get the wrong solutions.

 

[michaelmalak]

Perhaps it is easier to desolder the whole connector?

 

[vacunita]

Just pull on the 2 tabs on each side of the connector closest to the orange cable. Once they are out as far as the will go, pull on the orange cable gently, it should just slip out.

It comes out by itself, the tabs are part of the connector housing and will remain on the board.

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