Repair a SATA Power connector on a WD 500gb drive?

[GCS]

I have a perfectly good WD 500gb green drive and a small (very small) piece of the power connector on the right side is gone. The power connector does not stay on very well and thus makes the drive "inconsistent" in use.

WD will NOT repair the drive at all - I have tried.

Any suggestions?

Greg

 

[Idontcare]

If you still have the piece that broke off then you can simply glue it back on with some superglue.

Use a toothpick to paint the fracture surface, use very very little amount as you don't want it to bead out the sides when you press the pieces back together.

If you don't have the original broken piece then you options become a bit more permanent. Is your PSU modular? If yes then you could superglue the Sata power plug to the hard drive. It would be permanent but should you replace the hard-drive but not the PSU then at least you'd only be down one Sata power cable.

If your PSU is not modular you could still superglue the sata power cable to the hard-drive but now you are basically ensuring the PSU and harddrive both get replaced whenever either one needs replacing first.

Non-permanent solutions include zip-tying the power cable to the drive (gang them together if necessary to get the length you need to go all the way around the drive long-length wise).

Avoid using rubber-bands or non-permanent glues as they will decay and fall apart on you anyways in a matter of months from the heat and vibrations of the rig itself.

 

[Zap]

Originally posted by: Idontcare
superglue the sata power cable to the hard-drive

You can also do that with a molex to SATA power adapter to make it non-permanent for the PSU.

I have a Seagate HDD with a broken SATA data connector. The metal contacts are there but the piece of plastic is COMPLETELY broken off and stuck inside a SATA cable. I can still wiggle on the cable carefully, and the drive works.

 

[Idontcare]

Originally posted by: Zap

Originally posted by: Idontcare
superglue the sata power cable to the hard-drive

You can also do that with a molex to SATA power adapter to make it non-permanent for the PSU.

Brilliant! I had not thought of this, but that is brilliant.

Yeah just use the molex/Sata adaptor to put a permanent pig-tail on your hard-drive. Problem solved, robustly too.