Electricly fried WD Maxline plus II 250Gb

[Pheidias]

Hi!

Disclaimer, I'm new to this and in a bit of a tight spot when it comes to time(need this fixed within hours..) so If I brake any rules please be a bit lenient.

I Accidently used the wrong power brick with my one touch 250gb. And fried it good. I took apart the casing and tried to connect the hdd to my comp, but the comp wouldn't even start when it was connected. I also tried a IDE->USB adapter but its powersupply just screams so its the same problem.

I'm now set to instead try to exchange the PCB?(the board with chips,i'm swedish so I don't know the technical lingo)

Anyone got any pointers. ( I read the the sticky about Calypso with the pcb info)

Thanks in advance for any help

[dobrevjetser]

Hi Pheidias,

Is there any physical damage on the pcb ?
Can you put here a picture of the pcb so we can point you to some points you can measure ?

Best regards,

Dobre

[Pheidias]

Thanks for your reply!

Here's a mobcam picture wish is probably useless

http://img47.imageshack.us/my.php?image=dsc00413vv8.jpg

And for reference, I can't solder or fix the pcb. I'm aiming for a straight replacement. To just move the data onto other storage and then throw the hdd away.

Cheers

[dobrevjetser]

Hi Pheidias,

Is it possible the TVR (small black component next to the powersupply-connector) is damaged ?
If you measure a short-circuit on this component (and on the power-supply connector), try to remove it. If the short is gone, then try to repower the drive.

In any case, fixing this WD without soldering is probably impossible, even with the best match you will find.

Best regards,

Dobre

[harddrivespecialist]

Hi!

It seems like you have a Maxtor drive, not a WD.

You can try swapping a board and it should work.

[dobrevjetser]

You're right. I should have seen it too

Thats easy for changing.
Just use the number on sticker above the connector.


Dobre

[Pheidias]

Yeah sorry for the wrong info about the Make . I acctually just changed out the pcb with a maxtor series 9 and it works as a charm so I'm happy.

Thanks for all the help

Pheidias