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November 5, 2006 at 04:40 PM
jsnake_long1

Broken SATA power connector

by jsnake_long1 . Updated 19 years, 8 months ago

My clumsy fingers broke the pcb on my Seagate Barracuda’s SATA power connector. The pins are still intact and not damaged, but the L-shaped pcb portion that covers the pins snapped off and was lodged in the tip of the power cable. Note that the Barracudas don’t have the standard molex power. Is there any way that I can supply power to the drive long enough to retrieve the data from the drive (i.e. a soldering mod or replacement part of some kind)? At this point the data is more important than the drive itself. Thanks.

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