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.

MikeHunt79 · 24 Jul 2009 at 18:46

buy another HD103UJ, lucky for you they're still avaliable, and use the PCB from it to recover the data

Could you post a pic also? I'd be interested to see the damage...

leexgx · 24 Jul 2009 at 19:05

if both died like that the USB hub may be faulty

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.

leexgx · 24 Jul 2009 at 19:21

looks like 12 rail went in it or ground http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serial_ATA

i am guessing that this drive is an desktop hdd in an caddy with an external power brick

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

MikeHunt79 · 24 Jul 2009 at 21:14

they are fixable if you get another PCB

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.

MikeHunt79 · 24 Jul 2009 at 22:01

Wossi said:
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.

If anyone does sell a replacement PCB, they'll probably charge more than the cost of the drive...

You may be able to replace the diode on the existing PCB, but even then I don't think it will work.

I'd be tempted to buy another drive anyway, just in case something goes wrong when swapping PCB's around...

miniyazz · 25 Jul 2009 at 04:11

swapping the pcb is unlikely to work as you are unlikely to find another drive with the same pcb version,but still worth a try I suppose..

Firann · 13 Mar 2010 at 09:16

I'm really sorry for reviving this old thread, however the same symptons have appeared on my HDD (the burnt second resistor??) This happened after my gf accidently switched the enclosure power on, before plugging in to the outlet, and so it fried when she did in turn put it in the outlet (she didn't notice the power button on enclosure was on the on position)

This IS our backup drive so i was wondering if changing PCBs helped you with powering up the HDD or not, and if so can anyone recommend where to purchase a pcb? A new same HDD costs 60pounds from amazon.co.uk since OcUK doesn't sell them anymore and i'd like to hear if it works before purchasing an F1 just for the sake of jump starting only to find it incompatable!

Thank