Question HDD broken connector and pins

[mikch]

Hello guys,
I have a WD Black 1TB hdd and the sata 3 connector broke along with one of the pins. Is it possible to swap the drive's board with one of a similar drive without transferring the bios chip? I don't care about data loss since i keep backups regularly. Thank you.

 

[USAFRet]

Hello guys,
I have a WD Black 1TB hdd and the sata 3 connector broke along with one of the pins. Is it possible to swap the drive's board with one of a similar drive without transferring the bios chip? I don't care about data loss since i keep backups regularly. Thank you.

Picture of the damage?

But given a 1TB HDD is $40 new...buying and swapping the board is probably not a lot cheaper, and a LOT more hassle than just replacing it.

 

[mikch]

Picture of the damage?

But given a 1TB HDD is $40 new...buying and swapping the board is probably not a lot cheaper, and a LOT more hassle than just replacing it.

https://imgur.com/a/EE23s1O

View: https://imgur.com/a/EE23s1O

 

[DSzymborski]

Hello guys,
I have a WD Black 1TB hdd and the sata 3 connector broke along with one of the pins. Is it possible to swap the drive's board with one of a similar drive without transferring the bios chip? I don't care about data loss since i keep backups regularly. Thank you.

If you have backups, there's no benefit to doing this. Even assuming you didn't need to transfer any chips -- which you almost certainly would have to -- the donor drive would be more dependable than your current drive.

 

[SkyNetRising]

Is it possible to swap the drive's board with one of a similar drive without transferring the bios chip?

Have sata connector replaced.
Should be less expensive than replacing whole pcb.

I wouldn't do it myself. Have professional repair services to to it.

But if you don't care about data, then getting a new drive is simpler.

 

[USAFRet]

If the data were critical, I would try to Frankenstein another connector or pin on that. Or have a pro shop do it.
Then again, if it were me, I'd just replace the drive and recover from my backup.

 

[mikch]

Have sata connector replaced.
Should be less expensive than replacing whole pcb.

I wouldn't do it myself. Have professional repair services to to it.

But if you don't care about data, then getting a new drive is simpler.

I already bought a new one but i would like to keep this as well

 

[mikch]

Have sata connector replaced.
Should be less expensive than replacing whole pcb.

I wouldn't do it myself. Have professional repair services to to it.

But if you don't care about data, then getting a new drive is simpler.

Im trying to find a pc service store that can do this type of job

 

[DSzymborski]

I already bought a new one but i would like to keep this as well

You would have to sacrifice a new one to repair it yourself, so there's no point going down that path.

 

[DSzymborski]

Im trying to find a pc service store that can do this type of job

Any good professional will charge far more than the price of a new 1 TB hard drive. This is a dead end. You would basically already have to know someone willing to donate their time to make it worthwhile. As it's a used drive, you'd basically have to find someone willing to do it for less than $30 for it to make any sense and I would never trust a hard drive repaired that cheaply by a professional.

 

[USAFRet]

I already bought a new one but i would like to keep this as well

Unless there is critical data on this, with no backup, any 'repair' is going to cost more than the drive is worth.

 

[fzabkar]

https://www.reddit.com/r/datarecovery/comments/118tc64/broken_plastic_on_sata_connector_for_hdd/

 

[mikch]

Any good professional will charge far more than the price of a new 1 TB hard drive. This is a dead end. You would basically already have to know someone willing to donate their time to make it worthwhile. As it's a used drive, you'd basically have to find someone willing to do it for less than $30 for it to make any sense and I would never trust a hard drive repaired that cheaply by a professional.

I want to try solder it by myself. The sata pins directly on a sata cable. Without changing the pcb board. From what i read the missing pin is one of the three ground pins in the sata connector.

 

[fzabkar]

You could probably do without the ground pin, but the noise immunity may be affected.