Hard Drive got it SATA port broken. Soldering it back didn't help. What should I do?

[TheEveryDayGuy]

Hello everyone, So my dumb friend borrowed my HDD and broke the plastic piece of SATA connection, revealed the golden contacts ,funny thing about it is that the plastic piece sticked in the SATA connector head of the wire, So he was still able to use it by stick the connector into those contact, but it was a bit loose so he putted Superglue in it, and the drive was not recognized (that was what he had told me). I tried on my computer and it was the same. So I wreck up that glued SATA connector, and tried to work around but the golden contact was all gone, maybe due to I pulled it too hard. Anyways, I broke the cable and did some soldering. And while soldering I accidentally touched my soldering iron's tip on a really small capacitor, I'm worried that I've might killed off the whole PCB. So the soldering was done. And I plugged it into the computer. And It was not recognized, but I did hear it spinning up. I did check which way each wire go in.
The HDD is a Hitachi Desktar HDS721680PLA380. 80GB
Here are some pictures, sorry for the poor quality camera.

 

[Desoxy]

No offense, but this is a good example why amateurs should not be allowed to "repair" electronic devices on their own. Don´t use this device again, you could burn down your house or get electrocuted!

 

[Twigman]

Best thing I think you can do is replace the whole PCB. Couple of screws and a connector, no soldering required; http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/HITACHI-Deskstar-80GB-HDS721680PLA380-BA2357-PCB-PN-0A53039-BA2178-3-5-SATA-/160969826705 ~

 

[TheEveryDayGuy]

No offense, but this is a good example why amateurs should not be allowed to "repair" electronic devices on their own. Don´t use this device again, you could burn down your house or get electrocuted!

Hey, Thanks for the advice. How did you know that I'm a amateur? And It's seem that you know what's going on, can you tell me?

 

[TheEveryDayGuy]

Best thing I think you can do is replace the whole PCB. Couple of screws and a connector, no soldering required; http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/HITACHI-Deskstar-80GB-HDS721680PLA380-BA2357-PCB-PN-0A53039-BA2178-3-5-SATA-/160969826705 ~

Thanks for looking up the PCB for it, But I would've buy a higher density HDD with that price. And It doesn't ship to my place. The reason I want to recover this drive is for emergency data backup.

 

[Ralston18]

Per Twigman's suggestion about a new PCB card: Maybe you can find a matching HDD (make, model) via friends/family or used computer store and cannibalize the PCB board from that.

I have seen old desktops with old drives for around $20.00 and individual used drives for $5.00 via computer shows (MarketPro). Maybe a yard sale even.

 

[Desoxy]

No offense, but this is a good example why amateurs should not be allowed to "repair" electronic devices on their own. Don´t use this device again, you could burn down your house or get electrocuted!

Hey, Thanks for the advice. How did you know that I'm a amateur? And It's seem that you know what's going on, can you tell me?

Besides the fact that the pictures you provided states the obvious, please refer to "So I wreck up that glued SATA connector, and tried to work around but the golden contact was all gone, maybe due to I pulled it too hard. Anyways, I broke the cable and did some soldering. And while soldering I accidentally touched my soldering iron's tip on a really small capacitor, I'm worried that I've might killed off the whole PCB."

You see all the irregularities around the connectors? That´s where you fried the PCB and from what I can tell from the distance all four capacitors right in front of the connector because of heat.

Look, I don´t want you any harm, but please give the remains of this drive to someone who knows what he´s doing if you want to get at least part of your important data recovered. It´ll cost you some hundred bucks, though. http://www.werecoverdata.com or similar will be able to help you.

Replacing the PCB is no option here.

My apologies if you feel offended again. Anyway, you should improve your soldering skills. Just kidding, I don´t really care. 😉

 

[USAFRet]

Best thing I think you can do is replace the whole PCB. Couple of screws and a connector, no soldering required; http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/HITACHI-Deskstar-80GB-HDS721680PLA380-BA2357-PCB-PN-0A53039-BA2178-3-5-SATA-/160969826705 ~

Thanks for looking up the PCB for it, But I would've buy a higher density HDD with that price. And It doesn't ship to my place. The reason I want to recover this drive is for emergency data backup.

Unless that drive is the sole source of "emergency data backup" (in which case it isn't a 'backup')...let it go.
It's done. It's an old 80GB drive.

It is toast.