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3 Hard Drives DEAD!

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technogeeky

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Ugh. How horrible.


I hooked up a Y-splitter on the molex connectors for my hard drives when installing a new hard drive (I have two 120GB Western Digital 8meg, 1 80GB IBM 120GXP).

The 12v and 5v pins were reversed. When I turned on the computer, the hard drives didn't spin up.

They are all dead. The only one that spins up now is the IBM but it makes some horrible ticking noises.
I'm very dissappointed. I'm out a whole lot of important data, 100GB of mp3s, and 500$ worth of hard drives.

🙁
 
I have tried them in multiple systems. My power supply is 480 watt, so I do not believe that is the problem.

The drives are dead. I'm just looking for solace (or perhaps solutions to recover some of the data.)


 
Long shot ... find an identical model drive, and move the circut board from the bottom of it to one of the dead drives ... the rest of the drive is mechanical and may not have been damaged.

I had one machine at work which had a diode or something explode on the circut board of the HD. It left scorch marks and everything. We transplanted a board from another HD and it worked! We were able to copy the data off of the drive then move the board back to it's original hard drive and have it work just fine.

 
How on earth werer u able to put in the Molex power connector the wrong way. Man u have to be gentle with those components. If it does not fit in nicely then more than likely you putting it the wrong way.

And if this is what i think it means.. the drives would deffinitely be burnt .
In a case like that though no damage would have occured to the mechanical parts of the drives so you should have consolation in that. Like mentioned earlier the only option would be to get the electrical board of a similar model Hard Disk and hook it up even as a temporary measure for data transfer.

This should serve however as a valuable lesson for all of us the importance of backing up our data, though it would be very tedious task to back up Multiple GIGs of Data (MP3s and Video) Data Hogs . Lets hope the price of DVDR drives keep falling
Hope things work out for you " technogeeky"
 
The motor, maybe the controller (almost definitely on the IBM), is toast on the drives, but the data should still be intact on the platters. Do a google for "data recovery" and you'll find any number of companies to get your files back. It wil cost you plenty though, which is exactly why we make backups.
 
Originally posted by: Derango
Well...that important data should be backed up...right? right? Oh, its not? Ok...lesson learned then.
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Hmmm I've had that exact conversation with some Regional VPs recently ... heh when will ppl learn? 😛

Originally posted by: AluminumStudios

Long shot ... find an identical model drive, and move the circut board from the bottom of it to one of the dead drives ... the rest of the drive is mechanical and may not have been damaged.
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This is definately worth a try if the data is 'that' important.

Originally posted by: jacob88

How on earth werer u able to put in the Molex power connector the wrong way. Man u have to be gentle with those components. If it does not fit in nicely then more than likely you putting it the wrong way.
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I'm also curious about this answer. They're keyed to only fit one way. Unless you pulled the pins out and redid the connector (DUH) or did something else wacked to it then there should be no way you could have done this. Did you purchase the Y connector pre-fuk'd? If so feel a little silly for not noticing and drag their butts to small claims.....

Thorin
 
Originally posted by: thorin

How on earth werer u able to put in the Molex power connector the wrong way. Man u have to be gentle with those components. If it does not fit in nicely then more than likely you putting it the wrong way.
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I'm also curious about this answer. They're keyed to only fit one way. Unless you pulled the pins out and redid the connector (DUH) or did something else wacked to it then there should be no way you could have done this. Did you purchase the Y connector pre-fuk'd? If so feel a little silly for not noticing and drag their butts to small claims.....

Thorin[/quote]

He said the pins were reversed. Sounds like that was some wire mod done for some reason. If it was a Y-connector that you bought, the vendor should be made to pay for damages. If this was a mod you did, well, next time, keep anything modded well marked, ESPECIALLY if it is something involving high amperage DC power that's interfacing with sensitive electronics.
I personally have no idea which color carries which voltage - I always get that stuff mixed up. I know that black is negative, and the other 2 are postitive. That's it. And heck, why would anyone really have to know - I mean, that's why the things are keyed in the first place, right?
 
Originally posted by: technogeeky
The molex connectors were not forced. The wires were actually switched.
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If you didn't do the switch yourself then you can hold whoever made the cable accountable, if you did it then your other option would be to send the drives in for a hopefully simple repair. All you should need is the new circut boards like AluminumStudios mentioned and you should be able to get all your lost stuff back. When doing voltage mod or making a power cable, make sure to test all cables that have been tampered with on fans first.
 
I have no foreseeable way of getting hard drive controllers identical to the IBM drive (the one with the majority of important information) as IBM has a customer-ships-first ONLY policy. Does anyone know where I can find a 120GXP 80gig controller?

I don't know the policy for WD yet, I haven't gotten to calling them.

-DRew
 
Originally posted by: OulOat
Originally posted by: technogeeky
The molex connectors were not forced. The wires were actually switched.
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And who did the switching?
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I think we can assume by his lack of answer to this repeated question that it was a self done mod gone bad. 🙁 😛 Or he'd be all over putting it on someone elses tab.

Thorin
 
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