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#1 User is offline   Fayko9 

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Posted 25 February 2013 - 10:51 PM

Hello guys please look at the following and tell me if it is possible to get the data off of it and if the drive is salvageable.
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I don't really care if the drive is not salvageable but I atleast need to try to get the data.

Broken sata cables and not seeing it FTW
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Posted 26 February 2013 - 05:39 AM

Hi and welcome to the forums. Man, that thing looks fried. I don't think there is any way top clean up the connectors enough to do what you would like to do. There are some places that are pretty pricey that do that kind of thing, but in this case I don't know if they can with this drive.
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Posted 26 February 2013 - 06:56 AM

Ouch. I think your best bet is to buy another identical drive on ebay, and use the circuit board from that on the fried drive.
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Posted 26 February 2013 - 08:46 AM

I was worried that might be the only option. what is the 4 pinned plugin show on the right in this pic?
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Posted 26 February 2013 - 09:02 AM

See this: http://superuser.com...-doesnt-it-exis It looks like they're enabling some options with the hard drive.The only alternative here would be to send the drive to a data recovery service, which is really expensive - I suggest using that as a last resort. What happened here, a power surge or fire?
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Posted 26 February 2013 - 07:54 PM

View PostLiveBrianD, on 26 February 2013 - 09:02 AM, said:

See this: http://superuser.com...-doesnt-it-exis It looks like they're enabling some options with the hard drive.The only alternative here would be to send the drive to a data recovery service, which is really expensive - I suggest using that as a last resort. What happened here, a power surge or fire?

A broken power connector from my old PSU I didn't notice it and plug it into this drive and poof, white magic smoke.
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Posted 26 February 2013 - 08:43 PM

Ouch. Perhaps you were sending the wrong voltages in the wrong lines that way, or something shorted? I wouldn't be surprised if you have a decent chance of recovery by replacing the circuit board in the drive though.
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Posted 27 February 2013 - 12:48 AM

View PostLiveBrianD, on 26 February 2013 - 08:43 PM, said:

Ouch. Perhaps you were sending the wrong voltages in the wrong lines that way, or something shorted? I wouldn't be surprised if you have a decent chance of recovery by replacing the circuit board in the drive though.

I think i bridged the connection =/ I have to try and find a copy of my drive it's gonna be a bitch though i don't think they make them anymore =/
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Posted 17 May 2013 - 10:45 PM

It seems that connectors are totally vanished. Hard to say but I think the data can be recovered if dissembled properly and hooked up with other connectors. Give a try for data back up solutions to assist you in a better way, I am pretty sure it will work at best.
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Posted 17 May 2013 - 10:53 PM

Repair if it contains valuable data that worth a lot otherwise buying a new one is the best idea. :rolleyes:

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Posted 19 May 2013 - 11:21 AM

View PostLiveBrianD, on 26 February 2013 - 06:56 AM, said:

Ouch. I think your best bet is to buy another identical drive on ebay, and use the circuit board from that on the fried drive.


Good thinking and he would save his data.
Coolermaster HAF 912 Case....ASUS P8Z68-VPro MOBO.....Intel Core i7 2600k Sandy Bridge ( 4.4 Ghz ).... Gelid Tranquillo cooler.... Samsung 830 256 GB SSD.... Primary HDD- WD 1TB Caviar Black SATA III /6.0 .... SECONDARY HDD - WD 1TB Caviar Black SATA II / 3.0....8Gb GSkill Ripjaws Series X 1600 Mhz Memory....Corsair AX850w PSU....EVGA GTX 680 Super Clocked Signature 2 Gb GDDR5 Video Card....Samsung CD/DVD RW, DL, DVD-Ram, w/ Lightscribe Optical Drive....Samsung SyncMaster 2243BWX 22" Monitor..... Windows 7 Home Premium 64 Bit OS


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