my sata 70gb 10krpm raptor, the connector, the small sata cable connector area, where the plastic is behind the metal pin broke off. There are only pins sticking up now. I need this data from this hard drive, i need to know what that wide port is for, and if there is any awy i can get my information from this drive back! its important!!! anyone help me?
Shuttle SB61G2 - P4 3.2ghz - GeForce FX 5950 - 512mb Corsair XMS Pc3700 - WD Raptor 36.7GB 10KRPM SATA - WD Raptor 74GB 10KRPM SATA - DVD/CDRW Combo Drive - External DVD-RW Drive - Klipsch ProMedia 5.1 GMX - Stealthed DVD
You need to find someone with a steady hand and GOOD knowledge of electronics.
I broke two pins off my old Fujitsu (in temper, something Ive learned never to do again) while trying to plug it in.
Get them to take a look and see if they can solder a quick connector onto it, so you can grab it. Warranty wise, hmm.. depends how careful they are.
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its not a pin, its the plastic "L" shaped piece.
Shuttle SB61G2 - P4 3.2ghz - GeForce FX 5950 - 512mb Corsair XMS Pc3700 - WD Raptor 36.7GB 10KRPM SATA - WD Raptor 74GB 10KRPM SATA - DVD/CDRW Combo Drive - External DVD-RW Drive - Klipsch ProMedia 5.1 GMX - Stealthed DVD
Yes, that I did read. Im also explaining that the L shaped piece has a connector in it. So you need to find someone with electronics knowledge... who can solder a new l shaped connector on. Simple.
"In a world without walls and fences, who needs Windows and Gates?"
Can you get a pic of the damaged part?
I know what you mean, that's the plastic bit to make sure you put the SATA data cable in the right way, yes?
I'm guessing that raptor has a molex power connector, as some SATA drives do? The "wide" connector might be the SATA power connecter - the other way you can power the drive. Yes, I just checked it has both, so that wider connector is the newer SATA power connector.
You could try plugging the data cable in without that L shaped guide, but you'd have to make sure you lined the pins up right and put it in the right way or things might go a tad wrong! :S
Edit:
Just for certainty - the green L is what's snapped off?
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How on earth did you manage to break that bit royce?
Butuz
I would imagine twisting the connector while trying to remove it - as it doesn't appear to have any sort of support on the left hand side.
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I broke that off one of my 200Gb WD SATA JB's still not got arround to fixing it - I just left the peice of plastic in the cable and gently pushed the pins into where they should go - works quite well, my machine has 24/7 uptime and I havent got arround to getting hte super glue out.
As long as you havent broken the pins off you should be ok - just be gently with it
GAteKeeper
well i pulled it out when i was cleaning up my case and the drive also wasnt showing up on my computer, so i took a look at it. The L piece is still stuck inside the cable just like yours. im gonna be careful and try to do waht you did, i have $500 worth of files on that drive too, thank u every1
Shuttle SB61G2 - P4 3.2ghz - GeForce FX 5950 - 512mb Corsair XMS Pc3700 - WD Raptor 36.7GB 10KRPM SATA - WD Raptor 74GB 10KRPM SATA - DVD/CDRW Combo Drive - External DVD-RW Drive - Klipsch ProMedia 5.1 GMX - Stealthed DVD
An alternative would be to get a WD SecureConnect cable, it clips into the holes beside the S-ATA plugs.....
Link here
Just my 2p worth.
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