Broken Maxtor 3200

MarkDPC

Hey All,

I have a mate who dropped their extrernal hard drive. The USB port broke which is easy to repair. There is another component that has broke. It a S 1 ward 7A. Which would lead me to believe its a fuse, but i've know to be wrong a lot, HA!

Anyone out that can give advice would really help loads.

Thanks,
Mark.

hearny

You might be better off trying to take the hard drive out of the enclosure and buy an external case.

Provided the Hard Drive is ok there is a lot less that can go wrong that way.

You may have to physically break the case so be careful.

Capt'n Midnight

picture might help ID the component

but best to take the drive out rather than risk frying it on the off chance it's a voltage regulator

MarkDPC

Cheers lads,

I'll see if i can get one up asap.

Thanks,
Mark

old_aussie

http://www.flickr.com/photos/34805014@N00/sets/72157600354679656

Why would you risk a repair, just remove the HDD and buy a new case, they're really cheap.

MarkDPC

The only problem is that theres a few components on the board that snapped off. If i could buy the board and case seperate i will just dont know from where you know?

ricman

the hard drive can be taken out ,put into a caddy case ,cost 25 euro.
its from 2006, could be an ide drive,google ide interface image .
http://www.natch.net/stuff/maxtor_turboing/ is it like this?
unless the drive onboard pcb is broken ,it should work fine in a caddy,put some tape over the drive pcb, to prevent short circuits.
just because the powerunit,or enclosure pcb power connecting board is broken,doesnt mean the drive wont work in a new caddy.

MarkDPC

Your link is spot on. The actual hdd is fine its just the board thats ****ed. Those ribbon cables are easy to come by or order i should say?

ricman

ide 3.5inch are easy to find, on ebay, or adverts.ie, or maybe 2euro in any pc repair shop.IT,D BE EASY to install the drive in a pc ,if its 3.5inch,if the pc has a mobo pc ide/ata interface, ie not sata interface.
look for ata/ ide cable 3.5 ,theres probably 2.5inch cables avaidable too, the easy thing to do is buy a caddy, is the drive 3.5inch,or 2.5 ?

MarkDPC

Im almost sure its a 3.5 inch

ricman

see here,or try peats, maplins,
http://www.lindy.ie/cables/disk-drive-internal-power/ide-ata/

ricman

see here,http://www.dabs.ie/products/dynamode-3-5-inch-usb2-hard-drive-caddy-48P4.html,maplins might have them for 25 euro approx

MarkDPC

Thanks man your a legend

ricman

you could remove the broken,pcb,hold on to the old case ,it could be used for a sata drive in the future,you can buy usb to ide cables from maplins,but they are like 45euros.THE 13EURO enclosure is cheaper,and more secure.