2 dead hdd's

Wossi · 24 Jul 2009 at 18:27

Bugger.

For some reason after moving home I now have 2 dead hard drives. Both are Samsung HD103UJ 1Tb drives and it appears that a little black thingy near the sata connections on the pcb has burned on both.

Could it have something to do with the fact that I plugged them into a powered USB hub? Or could it be a faulty power supply (I swapped the plugs around when one wasn't working and then the other stopped)

Is there anyway of me getting the data off these or are they a write off?

I know I should have backed them up, but I was too cheap to buy another 2Tb of storage.

Wossi · 24 Jul 2009 at 19:12

Both look the same

Wossi · 24 Jul 2009 at 19:15

leexgx said:
if both died like that the USB hub may be faulty

I have a WD mybook hooked up through the hub which is fine, same with an ir receiver for my remote and one for the keyboard.

Wossi · 24 Jul 2009 at 19:33

Correct.

Wossi · 24 Jul 2009 at 21:06

Know what caused the drives to go pop. The Lacie external drive I have uses a similar connection, I say similar as the 12v and 5v pins are opposite, so I ended up putting 12v through the 5v connection

Wossi · 24 Jul 2009 at 21:26

As it happens, I have the same drive in the pc itself, so gonna spend tomorrow backing that one up and moving stuff around. Then I'll look at getting a new external drive at some point. Unless of course you are able to buy a spare pcb from somewhere.