Hello all, new to the boards here... registered because I apparently killed my 2 WD Velociraptor 300GB drives while installing a new PSU. The way I killed them is by plugging the wrong SATA power cable, one from my previous PSU, into the new one; apparently despite the fact that they look 95% similar, they have different heads on the cable's end. My PC wouldn't power up with the wrong cable installed (attached to the two drives), then when I finally realized the problem and changed in the right SATA cable, these
two drives are no longer being recognized by the bios. I tried it in my father's PC, and also, no bios recognition. Even though these drives are usually extremely quiet, I don't believe that they are powering up when I turn the PC on.
I've carefully dismantled the PCB from the drive and taken pictures, question is, what did I fry? could the oxidation on the head contacts be the source of the damage? I don't want to damage my drives further at this point, and am now seeking the wise advice from the lot of you. Thank you very much for your time.
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