Snapped my Sata port on me hdd :(

[HighlandeR]

I was stretching a sata cable and nope it was literally just 1mm short thought it would make it and just saw a plastic piece fly off

Sata port is buggered on the hdd now

It was a Seagate 750gig 7200.12, drive still spins up fine but im putting a sata cable to it it just falls loose and out.

Is there a place I can buy that green pcb slab on the cheap perhaps or is it just easier to get a new hdd from MM ?

 

[HighlandeR]

yeah attempting super glue now cos the pins are tad wonky they look like this :

http://i.imgur.com/Iocv3.jpg

I guess I can try it, but I think im not gonna chance it ill use it as a back up drive if it ever boots up not as a o/s drive.

I checked to buy the pcb but sadly there asking for £35-40 just for a piece of plastic with a chip on it... cost more then the drive !

So a 2nd hand hdd from mm makes more sense

 

[HighlandeR]

super glued to perfection.... and reason why I done it so well cos the darn thing didnt work in the end lol I think the gold metal points are just grazed tried lineing them up and flatting them so it looks like new but no dice.

Aint gonna buy that PCB board its disgusting the way people are charging £35-45 for it when it looks no more then a fiver, so ill keep my eyes open for a cheap hdd on MM.

 

[HighlandeR]

See if you can find the same drive on the MM but a faulty one, I'm sure (because it's faulty) someone would only charge you P&P, then just swap over the boards.

Having said that, I'm not sure how popular the drives are and how popular the failed drives are...

I tried this yeah not really any around lots of similar ones one ebay but sadly not the exact same model...

Ill keep my eyes out I guess

 

[HighlandeR]

I have had a drive that came from a customer and it had been damaged in transit. Obviously couldnt send it back to disti as it was physical damage so i cut off the bottom bit of plastic from the sata cable connector, fitted it in the socket then soldered the connectors together. Works mint to this day..

Wish I was good with soldering, but your idea sounds genius let me get this right you cut off a sata port with a bit of the wire and somehow soldered the connections directly to the back of the hdd ?

 

[HighlandeR]

yeah Im thinking the best way is to cut a sata cable and just perhaps solder the wires to the contacts on the board directly....

Its still a good healthy 750gigger, could always put it in an enclosure and keep for backup.

I just need to ask a few mates around and ask for a solider iron now...

Im not sure if it will work but looking inside a sata cable u can see the gold connects, hopefully cutting a sata wire ill see the same wires/pathes and simply be able to join them directly to the pins on the hdd.

 

[HighlandeR]

Just so figures there aint really any decent hdd deals on MM as well which is typically cos last week I saw a good 5-6 good hdds for £25-30 with warranty and around 500giggers as well