Broke an IDE pin on the back on my HD

[glen]

I broke a pin on the back of my harddrive.
How on earth do folks repair this?

 

[dkozloski]

Does the drive still work? Some of the pins are nonfunctional or redundant.

 

[glen]

Where can I find a chart of the functional and non-functional pin outs?

 

[gsaldivar]

Originally posted by: glen
Where can I find a chart of the functional and non-functional pin outs?

LINK

 

[Tab]

Time to bust out the sodering iron 🙂

 

[corkyg]

Been there - done that. Turns out the missing pin had no real function - the drive worked OK. That is your next step - try it and see. If it doesn't work - replace the drive - they are cheaper than repairs.

 

[glen]

Originally posted by: corky-g
Been there - done that. Turns out the missing pin had no real function - the drive worked OK. That is your next step - try it and see. If it doesn't work - replace the drive - they are cheaper than repairs.

Drive is cheap, but the data on it isn't/
I am lucky. It was PIN #39

 

[corkyg]

[/quote] Drive is cheap, but the data on it isn't/
I am lucky. It was PIN #39[/quote]

Lesson learned - back up your data on an external drive or CDR or DVD. 🙂

 

[oLLie]

This just happened to me, I was trying to fix a bent pin and I broke it. Pin #39 as well. Strange :Q