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blown WD Hard drive help

macmoan · 2010-07-27 21:36:37

I plugged the wrong power cable into my WD elements hard drive. I heard a pop then and some smoke came out, is there anything i can do to salvage the info. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

27-07-2010 9:36pm

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macmoan

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I plugged the wrong power cable into my WD elements hard drive. I heard a pop then and some smoke came out, is there anything i can do to salvage the info. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

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#2 27-07-2010 9:49pm

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macmoan wrote: »

I plugged the wrong power cable into my WD elements hard drive. I heard a pop then and some smoke came out, is there anything i can do to salvage the info. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

data recovery co is your best option.. fried pcb by the sounds of it

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#3 27-07-2010 9:54pm

macmoan

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could i get one from another drive and swap it as i cant afford recovery co at the moment

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#4 27-07-2010 9:55pm

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A new enclosure and maybea new circuit board. Check this thread

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#5 27-07-2010 9:57pm

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OPEN the case gently, disconnect the hardrive, get a usb to sata or usb to ide caddy.PUT TAPE on the underside of the hardrive,the hd pcb.
see here,http://www.peats.com/cgi-bin/catalog.cgi?view_product=1&id=26275
see here http://www.google.ie/imgres?imgurl=http://www-947.ibm.com/support/entry/portal/sata2.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www-947.ibm.com/support/entry/portal/docdisplay%3Flndocid%3DMIGR-55828&usg=__VWy1-9EZO0oh8lREedvUfuxBsy8=&h=287&w=400&sz=39&hl=en&start=0&tbnid=CLpW5WJm-EnFcM:&tbnh=154&tbnw=214&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dsata%2Binterface%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DX%26rlz%3D1C1AVSX_enIE389IE389%26biw%3D1024%26bih%3D677%26tbs%3Disch:1&um=1&itbs=1&iact=hc&vpx=530&vpy=304&dur=2015&hovh=190&hovw=265&tx=118&ty=95&ei=JVZPTKSPGY_yvQOht6wP&page=1&ndsp=12&ved=1t:429,r:6,s:0
do not touch the hardrive pcb,you could damage it thru static,cover hd pcb with plastic tape,be4
you place in inside the caddy.TO gaurd against short circuits.

then connect to pc thru usb, after 3minutes,it should be detected ,as usb device, hardrive ,e,f etc
it should say this device is now ready to use.
hopefully you just damaged the elements power unit ,pcb, which is just connected to a standard drive,ide or sata,by 1 power cable,and 1 data cable.

see here ide drive interface
http://hubpages.com/hub/IDE-Interface
you need to find out is hd sata or ide before you buy a caddy.
if its sata and you are a techie you could install it in a pc as a slave drive .Knock off pc,
unplug pc power plug, before you install it.
see here http://computershopper.com/hard-drives-burners/howto/install-a-new-hard-drive-in-five-easy-steps
iinstall sata drive.

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#6 28-07-2010 9:08am

macmoan

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Thanks for your help guys ill give that a go later

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