Fix Burned out HDD?

[Cooket3]

HI, I have a 2TB Seagate external HDD. I plugged in the wrong power lead and poof, a small mushroom cloud of smoke after a few seconds.

The housing is ok and the problem is the HDD now. It doesn't even power up, think I may have burned out some solder or something.

I am a complete noob at this and is there an easy way of fixing for this? Will my data be still there or fried? I don't want to send it away to get fixed as there are bank statements, credit card details etc on it as I was using it to back up my data.

Can I unscrew the circuit board and have a look? Or can I buy a new one? I want to recover this as there are some things on the hard drive that aren't on my PC

Many Thanks

 

[TbsToy]

Throw the hdd in the trash or shred it and get another as they are cheep.
Walt Prill

 

[smorizio]

on the pbc is going to be a part number and firmware. google that and you might be able to find replacment boards for your drives. you can also email seagate and see if they sell the board or know of its part number so you can order a replacment.

http://www.onepcbsolution.com/seagate-barracuda-7200720011.html
http://hddscan.com/doc/HDD_from_inside.html
http://www.hdd-parts.com/

 

[Cooket3]

Thank you smorizio, ill try this. just one question what is the PBC?

 

[CountMike]

PBC > Printed Board Circuit but that doesn't help on SATA drives, you can't just change board on them, there's much more to it.

 

[Cooket3]

oh, I havent had chance to look yet as I dont have any screwdriver parts small enough to unscrew it. . After I unscrew the board what else is required? Or should I just cut my losses, theres nothing really super important that I can lose

 

[smorizio]

there online videos on youtube on how to swap those boards.

 

[CountMike]

oh, I havent had chance to look yet as I dont have any screwdriver parts small enough to unscrew it. . After I unscrew the board what else is required? Or should I just cut my losses, theres nothing really super important that I can lose

Don't even bother, without specialized equipment it's not going to work.