Hi. When I connected my external hard drive I smelled soming burning and now it doesn't get powered on. I removed the casing and it looks like I blew a component on the PCB near the power input.
The model of the HHD is
Maxtor DIAMNONDMAX PLUS 9 80GB ATA/133 HDD mfg Date: 28FEB2005 Made in singapore.
the PCB is marked M6FYA.

Can anyone of you enlighten me on how to replace the part of the PCB so that I can recover the data?

DKN

Replace the whole PCB.

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Thanks pcimage. I have ordered a similar refurbished HDD. I am hoping to replace the PCB. Everything matches except the Head code and the mfg date.

Mine has Code: YAR41BWO K,F,B,A and Mfg.Date: 28FEB2005

I ordered has Code: YAR41BWO N,M,G,A and Mfg.Date: 20JAN2005

Will it be okey if I replace the PCB with the reburbished one? Anpther thing. I will need a special star screwdriver to remove the PCB. What should I be asking for at the store? Hopefully I will get it fixed.

Anyone with help?

Torx Screwdrivers are what you need - T9 for a Maxtor PCB

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Tanx CK. I appreciate your assistance.

Should be OK to replace with the new PCB. Unless your patient has an external ROM, but more than likely it hasn't

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There are TWO great people I would like to Thank. pcimage and CK. Your advice was quite helpful. I got the T9 torx screw driver from ebay, a refurbished Maxtor hard drive from Canada and bought a new Seagate HDD. It took me less than 3 minutes to replace the PCB and there I was coping my entire work to the new Seagate. Amazing isn't it. I backed up twice just incase!!! I truly have no words to thank you two! You saved a poor PhD student his school program!! I truly couldn't afford professional data recovery and without this work I was finished. Neither had I opened a hard drive before! - Should I can claim a minor in Maxtor HDD data recovery now!!! Probably!!!

Once again, many many many thank yous CK and PCIMAGE. I'm back to Economics which know best than computers.

Cheers!
DKN