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| Thread ID: 114768 | 2010-12-16 05:39:00 | Replacing a HDD part. | Nomad (952) | Press F1 |
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| 1162445 | 2010-12-16 21:10:00 | I've done the PCB swap before on an old Maxtor drive. As has been said already, get one from the same make, model & PCB revision. Best bet is eBay - which is where I got mine from. The drive worked super slowly after that, but well enough to get the files off it. |
autechre (266) | ||
| 1162446 | 2010-12-16 22:09:00 | Just a bent data connector, so.. Depending on how valuable the data is, or if you just want the drive to work.. try soldering the sata connector on directly to the board. just FYI yes, you can open these up & work on them when exposed, without a clean room. Its not recommneded, but Ive seen it done, successfully a few times when the cost of a $1000+ data recovery service couldnt be justified |
1101 (13337) | ||
| 1162447 | 2010-12-17 01:52:00 | From what I read now, that only used to work, and there may be data stored in an EEPROM etc that is unique to the drive and which would also need to be copied. (But don't quote me on that, I don't know if it comes from reliable sources anyway) It would probably be far easier to find someone with good soldering skill to just replace the connector. Can you lift the foam and show what the solder joints look like for the connectors? Yes the foam can be lifted, it fell out by itself anyway :D One could also solder the bent pins to a SATA cable too perhaps. I didn't play around, be safe. I do have 2 the same HDDs here. But that has my data on it :D No data lost, it was my 2nd backup drive (external). |
Nomad (952) | ||
| 1162448 | 2010-12-17 02:10:00 | If it was my drive I'd probably get a dead one, and try to replace the connector. | Agent_24 (57) | ||
| 1162449 | 2010-12-18 05:33:00 | Ok .. the SATA cable has 8 wires. The HD only has 7, so which one gets left out? I've tried google. It's serial so none of the wires are twisted right, which should make it easier ... |
Nomad (952) | ||
| 1162450 | 2010-12-18 07:46:00 | No idea. I've never taken apart a SATA cable before. | Agent_24 (57) | ||
| 1162451 | 2010-12-18 08:05:00 | this may help (en.wikipedia.org). Scroll down the page. Or this pinouts.ru | Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 1162452 | 2010-12-18 08:11:00 | Thanks, I've read those. Thing is I am lost when it says 8 - cable nodge but the connector only has 7 - the same as the HD but inside the cable has 8. I assume the 8th is not connected. But there's no diagram that illustrates the connection inside the cable ot the connector. I may break up the connector and peep inside, it's already snipped off. I have a few spares that were provided with mobos. Gotta find the soldering iron first thou :lol: |
Nomad (952) | ||
| 1162453 | 2010-12-18 08:24:00 | Maybe the 8th is a shield or something? You can use a multimeter or continuity tester to check the cut end with the good end to find which pins match up to which wires. |
Agent_24 (57) | ||
| 1162454 | 2010-12-19 08:09:00 | probably easier to just ditch the drive. solder ironing is not easy on those tightly placed pins. also the golden pins don't really make contact easily. pin 1 the ground fell out during inspection :lol: you cannot really solder iron it closer to the PCB b/c that parts is sandwiched between the drive when it is connected to the PCB. |
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