Ok, here is the story..

I've got a Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 ST31000528AS 1TB 7200 RPM hard drive that I was using for storage. family photos, stuff with high sentimental value. I had been consolidating stuff to this drive, then was going to make a backup of it. I haven't had it long, hadn't gotten around to the backup stuff yet.

I was moving it from one computer to another.. The computer was off, I plugged in the data and power connector..
Turned on the computer, and heard a small "pop" sound, and I think I saw a small spark around the power connector area.

Now, I get nothing from the drive. doesn't even spin up.. I tried it on another computer, and still got nothing..

Now, without being an engineer, this is just my guess, but I suspect that something happened to the board on the bottom of the drive when I heard that "pop" sound.

So.. To my question..

Is it possible to get the same model ST31000528AS drive and swap out that board? The idea that I may have lost what is on that drive makes me sick...

hi,
yeah. you can do that. you need to replacement ROM chip also. please don't take risk if you no good at this operation. you will be lose more time and money.

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Just replacing PCB won't do any good.
Post a picture of your board, so we can point to possible problem or search this forum for TVS.

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Hi
Attach u r picture so we can check any physical part Burnt or not we can suggest u something .