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    Question Hitachi HDD PCB fried after using different brand SATA power connectors, replaced PCB and copied BIOS but HDD not spinning ?

    Hi, A while ago I managed to fry the PCB of a Hitachi Ultrastar 1TB HDD after using modular SATA power connectors from different brand PSU. After I removed the burnt diode that apparently had no super important job to do the drive spun up to medium speed and started ticking. I bought a...
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    [SOLVED] HDD PCB swap mystery

    Hi all, First off, I'm new to these forums, so I apologise if this thread is in the wrong place. A while ago I took my two 500gb Hitachi Deskstar HDDs out of an old PC and was using them externally via a dock when I absentmindedly connected the wrong power supply to the dock and ended up...
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    [SOLVED] External Hard Disk not getting detected

    I found an old 2TB Hitachi External Hard Disk. It needs power from an external source to work. The 12V, 1.25A power input that came with it is not working. So, I connected another power input which is rated 7.5V, 0.35 A. It is getting connected to the pc(Logo lights up when I connect both power...
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    [SOLVED] Aside from the High Temp Is my drive all good?

    Hello, My drive is a Hitachi HDS723030ALA640, I have had it for the past 3 years now and it has been consistently amazing, I downloaded HDDScan to check the health of my drive, and I saw the temp at 55c, I can fix this by adding in some more airflow as I have 2 more drives within the same area...
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    [SOLVED] Whats the difference between Hitachi Hua722020Ala330 and Hua723020ala641 ?

    For my gaming PC I bought a Hitachi Ultrastar 2TB hdd Hua723020Ala641 3.5 7200Rpm Sata(6.0Gb/S) but what came is a Hitachi 2TB hua722020Ala330 Sata 3.0Gb/s 72000rpm P/N:0F10942 MLC:JPK31C FW:31C it also says JAN-2011 near the top barcode. Did I just get scammed ? If there isn't much...
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    Unusual i7 6700k temperature

    So i've been using the intel i7 6700k for a while now, but never really monitored temperatures until i decided to upgrade my case to make my system look more flashy. But since 3 days ago, after doing some cable management and giving monitoring a go, i've noticed in CAM (nzxt software) that...
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    ASUS G53SX Doesn't boot, fans too fast, help please!

    The problem is that it doesnt boot, to describe my problem I will explain the behavior Im having. When I press the power button the symptoms are the following: the battery and charging leds, as well as all the leds above the keyboard turn on and stay like that, the hard drive led blinks 2-3...