IDE hard drive with a broken pin

sup2jzgte · 04-10-2007, 02:39 AM

What will happen if you have 1 broken pin on your IDE hard Drive? The reason why I'm asking is because I found an old hard drive and the first pin on the bottom row closest to the power connector is gone. I hooked it and it seems to be working just fine, but I just wonder what that pin does and can I still use the drive?

**Cromewell** · 04-10-2007, 03:52 AM

It depends on what side the pin is on, I'm assuming it's on the left (never seen power on the other side yet but you never know), so pin 39 is the thing that tells the LED when to flash. http://www.technick.net/public/code/...conhdd_ata_int

sup2jzgte · 04-10-2007, 04:18 AM

Yeah it is Pin 39, so I should not be to worried then?

**The_Other_One** · 04-10-2007, 04:21 AM

Try it...worst case, you could probably just resolder a new pin on

sup2jzgte · 04-10-2007, 04:26 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by The_Other_One

Try it...worst case, you could probably just resolder a new pin on

Well it works pretty good so far, but do you think it will be stable?

madtownidiot · 04-13-2007, 02:20 AM

Don't even bother trying to solder a new pin, it's not worth the frustration, unless you absolutely need whatever's stored in the HDD

**Cromewell** · 04-13-2007, 02:58 AM

I'd just use it, the LED driver can't hurt anything if it's missing. There's no reason it shouldn't work fine. If you are worried about it, backup the data on it regularly or you can probably sell it on ebay. People buy stuff that outright doesn't work there and that hard drive should work fine.

elitehacker · 04-14-2007, 10:55 AM

Yeah just use it but don't put very valuable data on it.

04-10-2007, 02:39 AM	#1 (permalink)
sup2jzgte Diamond Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Forced Flu Shots and Marshall Law Posts: 1,879	IDE hard drive with a broken pin What will happen if you have 1 broken pin on your IDE hard Drive? The reason why I'm asking is because I found an old hard drive and the first pin on the bottom row closest to the power connector is gone. I hooked it and it seems to be working just fine, but I just wonder what that pin does and can I still use the drive? __________________ Athenatech A416BS.400 Black Steel ATX Mid Tower Gigabyte GA-MA69GM-S2H AMD Athlon 64 X2 5000+ @ 2400 MHz 8Gigs of Ram ATI HD 3870 320G WD 7200RPM (holds os) 500G Seagate 7200RPM 500Watt Antec PSU Samsung Blu-Ray Player ARCTIC COOLING Freezer 64 Pro 92mm CPU Cooler

04-10-2007, 03:52 AM	#2 (permalink)
Cromewell Moderator Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Canada Age: 26 Posts: 11,802	It depends on what side the pin is on, I'm assuming it's on the left (never seen power on the other side yet but you never know), so pin 39 is the thing that tells the LED when to flash. http://www.technick.net/public/code/...conhdd_ata_int __________________ You know what the chain of command is? It's the chain I go get and beat you with 'til ya understand who's in command here. www.userfriendly.org

04-10-2007, 04:18 AM	#3 (permalink)
sup2jzgte Diamond Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Forced Flu Shots and Marshall Law Posts: 1,879	Yeah it is Pin 39, so I should not be to worried then? __________________ Athenatech A416BS.400 Black Steel ATX Mid Tower Gigabyte GA-MA69GM-S2H AMD Athlon 64 X2 5000+ @ 2400 MHz 8Gigs of Ram ATI HD 3870 320G WD 7200RPM (holds os) 500G Seagate 7200RPM 500Watt Antec PSU Samsung Blu-Ray Player ARCTIC COOLING Freezer 64 Pro 92mm CPU Cooler

04-10-2007, 04:21 AM	#4 (permalink)
The_Other_One Super Moderator Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Lexington, NC Age: 25 Posts: 13,414	Try it...worst case, you could probably just resolder a new pin on __________________ Primary- i7 920 \| 6GB RAM \| 9800GT \| 160+160+500GB Secondary- Athlon X2 4200 \| 2GB RAM \| 7600GT \| 80+250GB Netbook - Atom N280 \| 2GB RAM \| GMA945\| 160GB

04-13-2007, 02:20 AM	#6 (permalink)
madtownidiot Gold Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Formerly Madison, WI.... now in Laguna Beach, CA Posts: 334	Don't even bother trying to solder a new pin, it's not worth the frustration, unless you absolutely need whatever's stored in the HDD __________________ Design is not just what it looks like and feels like. Design is how it works- Steve Jobs

04-13-2007, 02:58 AM	#7 (permalink)
Cromewell Moderator Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Canada Age: 26 Posts: 11,802	I'd just use it, the LED driver can't hurt anything if it's missing. There's no reason it shouldn't work fine. If you are worried about it, backup the data on it regularly or you can probably sell it on ebay. People buy stuff that outright doesn't work there and that hard drive should work fine. __________________ You know what the chain of command is? It's the chain I go get and beat you with 'til ya understand who's in command here. www.userfriendly.org

04-14-2007, 10:55 AM	#8 (permalink)
elitehacker Diamond Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Sydney, Australia Age: 20 Posts: 2,413	Yeah just use it but don't put very valuable data on it.

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