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hard drive with broken pin
dear all,
Does anyone know if there is any way i can repair a hard drive with a broken pin? Broke it accidentally and now the hard drive cannot work Thanks. wishes, Rainbow |
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"Smart Idiot" wrote in message
... dear all, Does anyone know if there is any way i can repair a hard drive with a broken pin? Broke it accidentally and now the hard drive cannot work Thanks. wishes, Rainbow Depends upon what type of pin, I'll assume it's a ide pin (a power pin would be easier). Haven't tried this, but you might insert a small piece of a clipped off straight pin (with the sharp end out) into the ide or scsi cable (slightly longer than the original pins) corresponding to the position of the broken pin. Hopefully, the tight fit will force a contact to the drive (the other pins are encompassed by the cable and need not be presses as tight). |
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With allot of research you should be able to buy a new IDE connector and
solder it on - would likely be much cheaper than throwing out the drive to buy a replacement (unless its a really old, low capacity one). A website to start at would be www.molex.com - don't know if they have representatives in Singapore but if so, talking to those people should yield some part numbers. I've done this before with a couple of different specialist computer plugs/connectors eg ATX power connector, motherboard serial port. If you're not up to the soldering job yourself, I'd imagine there'll be IT companies around that would do it (for a price - in that case it may be cheaper just to buy a new one). Paul "Smart Idiot" wrote in message ... dear all, Does anyone know if there is any way i can repair a hard drive with a broken pin? Broke it accidentally and now the hard drive cannot work Thanks. wishes, Rainbow |
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Smart Idiot wrote:
dear all, Does anyone know if there is any way i can repair a hard drive with a broken pin? Broke it accidentally and now the hard drive cannot work Thanks. wishes, Rainbow Someone with soldering skills should be able to take a pin from a scrap circuit card and replace just the broken pin. I have done this several times, but it is not for someone who has never soldered on PWBs before. An old PWB from an IDE logic board, or even some other scrap PWB with similar pins should provide a source for a replacement pin. |
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dear all,
thanks for ur tips, will try these out. thank you. wishes, rainbow "Ken" wrote in message ... Smart Idiot wrote: dear all, Does anyone know if there is any way i can repair a hard drive with a broken pin? Broke it accidentally and now the hard drive cannot work Thanks. wishes, Rainbow Someone with soldering skills should be able to take a pin from a scrap circuit card and replace just the broken pin. I have done this several times, but it is not for someone who has never soldered on PWBs before. An old PWB from an IDE logic board, or even some other scrap PWB with similar pins should provide a source for a replacement pin. |
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