So about a week ago, a was traveling and unpacked my WD MyBook to get some data off of it. I was extremely tired and accidently plugged my laptop power cord into the back of the external drive (plugs look nearly identical). Needless to say, the extra 7V fried the drive. I pulled the drive apart to find the interface between the enclosure and the drive itself completely melted in one part, as expected. I tried to hook the drive to my computer, crossing my fingers, but as most would assume the thing won't even power up. Now, the 500Gb of data isn't imperative to retrieve, but it would be really nice. That being said, I really don't feel like spending $800+ to get the data off. I am simply inquiring if a PCB swap could be a feasible last ditch effort to get the drive working or is all hope lost. The PCB itself doesn't have any visible damage to it, but obviously it is there.
Drive Details: MDL: WD5000AAKB-00UKA0 Date: 15 JUN 2007 DCM: HANCHV2AAN
PCB: 2061 - 701508 - 900 AA XT 4N03 BC2N 7 0004490 7 494
Any help or advice would be greatly appreciated!
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