My stepbrother messed up his wifes external hard drive, by using the wrong AC adapter.
This was her backup with years of photography, as her laptop was stolen she needed the data.
The drive did not spin anymore.
To make matters worse, he replaced the circuit board with a completely wrong one that happend to fit.
And threw out the original board.
They have been argueing about this for months, so when i heard this i offered to see what can be done.
The drive is a: Seagate ST3500412AS p/n 9TN142-510 firmware CC32 datecode 10246 site code SU
I have ordered a donor drive from ebay:
Seagate ST3500412AS p/n 9TN142-301 firmware CC32 datecode 10362 site code TK
I know that the original problem was probably just a diode, and that losing the rom data is a big problem.
But any suggestions on what i can try, and what not to try are very welcome.
Thanks