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Hard Drive not powering up

CivilServant · 2007-10-16 10:50:04

My hard drive that I used to save important documents on, now won't power up :( I tried using an external power source and usb2 connector and have confirmed it's power related. The data still should be ok but does anyone know who can fix this kind of thing? Probably requires changing the mounted pcb. It's a Western Digital…

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16-10-2007 11:50am

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CivilServant

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My hard drive that I used to save important documents on, now won't power up I tried using an external power source and usb2 connector and have confirmed it's power related. The data still should be ok but does anyone know who can fix this kind of thing? Probably requires changing the mounted pcb. It's a Western Digital WD3200KS Caviar drive.

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#2 16-10-2007 1:59pm
CivilServant

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Phew, found a neat simple solution on http://www.deadharddrive.com/

luckily I always buy more than one hard drive at a time, just change the pcbs and boom it worked!! Thank f$$$

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#3 16-10-2007 2:03pm
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great link there!

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