Swapping circuit board too recover data

JohnRoss

JohnRoss

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Hiya guys,

managed too kill a 250gb drive today when performing a hd

installation, used a molex fan extender (lol hmm a word that rhymes with

eastenders) too power the drive i was using


when i powered the drive it sparked as the fan molex connector was loose so it

didnt fully penetrate the 4th hole thing on the drive ,


tried it in a differnt connector and no joy it didnt work the circuit board is dead,

if i buy an exact clone of the circuit board would it just swap over its a samsung sp2514n 250gb,

also does any experts out there know if is usually possible too move the platters too a different hdd and try that way too recover the data ,


i have original demo recordings and have lost them so wanna try my absolute dust free best tooo get this show on the road


any advice greatly appreciated


irony of it all i was backing up too a new external the only reason i was fitting the drive

I had ran out of power sockets on my power block and couldent fit both adapters in :(




gutted ah wll had bigger losses not the end of the world ( or my music career )


any advice greatly appreciated



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Yes to swapping the circuit board - it worked for me when I swapped the board of a Western Digital 640Gb drive that wouldn't spin up with a circuit board from an identical working drive.

No to moving the platters. These things are built with microscopic tolerances and with absolutely no dust. As far as I know, there's no real way to do this outside of a factory clean room.

Chances are good that it's the circuit board that's fried anyway.
 
It's a slim chance, but I have had it work but it was a long time ago.

I do feel for you, I had a drive pop whilst I was waiting for the delivery of the matching drive I was intending to RAID1 with. £600+ down the line I got the data back.
 
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