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Is my hard drive fried?

  • 10-05-2009 7:03pm
    #1
    population
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,510 ✭✭✭


    I was trying to remove my hard drive from my old PC and pulled out the ribbon cable that goes into the back of it.

    Anyway I went to plug in the computer then just to check something, (ribbon cable still disconnected), and dont ask me how I managed this, but while I was fiddling around the back trying to plug in the mains and I flicked the voltage switch by accident over to 110V and BOOM!!!

    The fan blew up and the computer looks a bit worse for wear, but I was wondering, as I had pulled out the ribbon cable to the hard drive before the fireworks, is it fried or is there something I am missing??? Like is there another cable that clips into hard drives that I cant see immediatley which would therefore still mean the disc is in some way connected??? I am not incredibly computer savvy, but I am thinking that it might be ok:confused:

    Am I wrong??? Currently have no other pc to test it in so kinda panicking because it has all my music and alot of articles for my thesis...........

    What do you think????


Comments

  • #2
    Capt'n Midnight
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 93,596 Mod ✭✭✭✭Capt'n Midnight


    Switching to 110V will most likely just fry the power supply without killing anything else.

    if putting the HDD in another computer then unplug the CD rom cables and attach the second drive to it , saves a lot of messing around


  • #3
    spartacus93
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,453 ✭✭✭spartacus93


    Basically that switch tells the powersupply to expect 110V, when you turned on the computer, as you said, it all went bang because it got 220V.

    It should only be your powersupply that is damaged. Everything else should be fine. Replacement power supplys can be found here http://www.komplett.ie/k/kc.aspx?bn=10057 . Have a look at the wattage on your old one to see how much you need.


  • #4
    TinCool
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,894 ✭✭✭TinCool


    My PSU blew up in my desktop about 6 months ago due to a power surge (surged protection has since been added). I replaced the PSU and although the m/board was also shagged, I bought a new m/board and put it all back together and the hard drives were fine.

    As one of the previous posters suggested, just hook up the hard drive to another desktop and it should be fine. Just a word of warning, if there are exposed chips on the underside of the hard drive, try not to touch them or leave them resting on any metal parts. I have blown 2 hard drives (albeit crappy Seagate drives) over the years due to having the hard drive resting on something it shouldn't have been when the desktop was powered up.


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