Broken pin

[BluesFan]

I have a laptop hard drive with a broken pin. I tried the things mentioned in broken pin threads. No luck. Any other suggestions?
Also how do I tell what this pin is for? I obiviously need it.

 

[The_Other_One]

http://www.more-solutions.co.uk/support/hardrives.html

There's what the pins do... There are a few grounds, but most are used :-/ Still, it would be worth trying again even missing a pin... I know with processors many times people loose pins and it works fine.

 

[BluesFan]

Thanks for the link. It is pin dd4. I'm still not sure what it does. Do you think this pin is the reason I can't access the hard drive? I'm starting to wonder if there is something else. I know the hard drive works.