angel-fish
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I have a Seagate Baracuda Hard Drive 7200.7 ATA Firmware 3.06. I'm not sure how the power pinis missing. It is the third pin from the left. I need to get the data from this HD, How do I get the data?
Please Help!!! Missing Power Pin
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You found yourself in a good fix there alright. Finding another drive that went foobar and cutting that open if another Seagate pf the same series might see a replacement part while ruining two drives in the effort. The casing on hard drives is usually sealed up tight. Your other option is to either bring the drive in or send it in to a professional recovery service for data retrieval for "their" price.
You found yourself in a good fix there alright. Finding another drive that went foobar and cutting that open if another Seagate pf the same series might see a replacement part while ruining two drives in the effort. The casing on hard drives is usually sealed up tight. Your other option is to either bring the drive in or send it in to a professional recovery service for data retrieval for "their" price.
PohTayToez
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I don't think that you have to go to that extreme. I was looking at my old hard drives, and it seems like all of the pins are put in the same. If I was you, I would try and get a hold of an old 2 or 3 GB hard drive, pull out one of the Molex pins with a pair of pliers and see if you cant put it in the other hard drive.
Also, if you have a little bit of electrical experience, you could rig it up for temporary use with a pair of wire cutters, soldiering iron, and a Torx driver.
Also, if you have a little bit of electrical experience, you could rig it up for temporary use with a pair of wire cutters, soldiering iron, and a Torx driver.
Now this is not the safest thing, but I have took a (old) hard drive and a pair of needle nose and broke off a power pin. Put the pin in the molex connector where the harddrives is broke off and leave it sticking out alittle, push the molex connector all the way on the drive, chances are the pin will come into contact with where the one broke off. Bingo the harddrive fires up! But like I said this is not the safest thing and I would not do it on your main computer!
When you are dealing with the 12v plus higher amperage on a rail you can fry something fast without the solid connection. This is why the idea of a data recovery service would be far better if the files are that important and not simply some downloaded mp3s that can be replaced. They are far better equipped. Jerry rigging power connections is ??? zap and burn time?!
Pulling open the drive's casing for replacing the small plate of pins is also risky since you are then working around exposed magnetic platters. A soldering iron with ac current, metal tools in close proximity?
Pulling open the drive's casing for replacing the small plate of pins is also risky since you are then working around exposed magnetic platters. A soldering iron with ac current, metal tools in close proximity?