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HD connection to motherboard cracked

  • 27-11-2012 4:18pm
    #1
    Bridgewater11
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2 ✭


    A couple of days ago I opened up my laptop (Sony Vaio) to clear a big hunk of dust that had accumulated in the fan. I had a bit of trouble with one particular screw, which took a lot of effort to remove, at the hard drive opening.

    Once I removed the dust and reassembled the laptop, my screen displayed the error 'Operating System Not Found'. I looked into the laptop again and found that in the process I had accidentally cracked the port that connects the HD (2.5" SATA) to the motherboard, so the pins aren't making contact.

    I placed the HD into a USB enclosure, and used BIOS to prioritize booting from external device, but Windows 7 doesn't seem to be booting up correctly and System Repair isn't finding any errors - although I can see that all the data on my HD remains.

    I was wondering if anyone had any suggestions as to alternate methods of booting up my HD - and also if anyone knew if repairing the port to the motherboard will be a tricky job? Any assistance welcomed.


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  • #2
    Freddy Smelly
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 980 ✭✭✭Freddy Smelly


    Bridgewater11 wrote: »
    A couple of days ago I opened up my laptop (Sony Vaio) to clear a big hunk of dust that had accumulated in the fan. I had a bit of trouble with one particular screw, which took a lot of effort to remove, at the hard drive opening.

    Once I removed the dust and reassembled the laptop, my screen displayed the error 'Operating System Not Found'. I looked into the laptop again and found that in the process I had accidentally cracked the port that connects the HD (2.5" SATA) to the motherboard, so the pins aren't making contact.

    I placed the HD into a USB enclosure, and used BIOS to prioritize booting from external device, but Windows 7 doesn't seem to be booting up correctly and System Repair isn't finding any errors - although I can see that all the data on my HD remains.

    I was wondering if anyone had any suggestions as to alternate methods of booting up my HD - and also if anyone knew if repairing the port to the motherboard will be a tricky job? Any assistance welcomed.

    you'd be better off replacing the whole motherboard


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