Hello all. First-time poster

I recently ordered an enclosure/caddy for a 3.5" SATA Western Digital HDD I have because the original encasing was badly damaged. I tried it earlier on today and I think it's overheated/blown my HDD. It powered on for a few seconds then died and there was a strong smell of something being burned.

I've been looking online and a few links suggest that it may be repairable. A case of removing - and possibly the replacing the PCB - to check the diodes, which may have been fried, but, apparently, can be removed and/or replaced.

I note that something similar was asked by another member back in 2010:
viewtopic.php?t=18501

There's also an external link I came across:
http://www.extremetech.com/computing/13 ... hard-drive

Any experience of this, guys? I'm at my wits-end with my damaged Dell laptop and now this external HDD; I must have spent 50-75 hours tinkering with both and getting nowhere

Many thanks in advance for any info/advice.

cdy

send photos of PCB, both sides.