fixing a hard drive

[loser12]

I have an old WD800 (Caviar 80gb IDE) and I can't get it to do anything. It just has some random MP23s and stuff, nothing sacred and so I wanted to mess around wit it. I removed the screws on the circuit side and the little green board came off. one of the small chips was obviously fried, but the rest of the board was fine. I am wondering if there is a way to get a replacement board or some other trick; assuming it didn't fry the information on the drive itself. Again the data isn't crucial, so if I lose it I won't cry.

 

thanks!

Edited April 27, 2010 by loser12

[Nemo]

You could find an identical drive with the exact same firmware version and scavenge the circuit board to use on the fried drive.

[sdy284]

yea you spend $30 and get a sata drive double the capacity

 

but i have no idea if you can get boards for them... i doubt it

[paulktreg]

I have an old WD800 (Caviar 80gb IDE) and I can't get it to do anything. It just has some random MP23s and stuff, nothing sacred and so I wanted to mess around wit it. I removed the screws on the circuit side and the little green board came off. one of the small chips was obviously fried, but the rest of the board was fine. I am wondering if there is a way to get a replacement board or some other trick; assuming it didn't fry the information on the drive itself. Again the data isn't crucial, so if I lose it I won't cry.

 

thanks!

 

There are plenty of WD800 80Gb hard drives on ebay but it's a case of finding the right model with a good printed circuit board and whether the information is worth $20~$30 to you?

Edited April 27, 2010 by paulktreg

[loser12]

thanks for the hep. I spent a good part of the day looking up information and so now I am on the hunt for that psb.