[SOLVED] m.2 SSD short/damage

[Mazbear]

Hello everyone

First time posting out of desperation. I don't want to bore anyone with too much detail of how this happened. I was working on a broken hinge of a laptop (the hinge screw into the case) after i fixed it i reconnected the LCD cable and reconnected the battery. I noticed the cable to the i/o board was not connected all the way, so i push it in, which caused the system to turn on. i turned off the computer and put the rest of the screws in the back of the case.

after this, the computer no longer saw the SSD in the bios
The first chip on the SSD gets hot somewhat quickly

based on some research I've done, I might have shorted a resistor or something else on the board. I've ordered an identical board from eBay and I'm waiting for it to arrive in case i need to solder components from the replacement SSD to the damaged SSD to recover my data (baby pictures)

can anyone help me troubleshoot this issue?

thank you in advance

SSD Model #: HFS256G39TNF-N2A0A

 

[fzabkar]

Can you upload detailed photos of each side of the SSD?

 

[USAFRet]

recover my data (baby pictures)

This is specifically what backups are for.

Swap components from one to another?
Only if you KNOW what is damaged, maybe.

As above, pics help.
Large clear pics of both sides of this.

 

[mdd1963]

photos of any importance should be backed up to multiple locations, and, with One Drive, Dropbox, Google Drive, P-Cloud, Ice Drive, and others, one could easily find 20-30 GB of free cloud storage.

It seems odd that connecting a micro-VGA cable to a laptop could damage an SSD, but, if the SSD does not work in more than one computer, I'd consider consulting with : (They likely will not work on the SSD at all if you attempt any component transplants yourself)

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[Mazbear]

top photo:

https://imgur.com/x6s63DJ

View: https://imgur.com/x6s63DJ


bottom

https://imgur.com/f2EfaOX

View: https://imgur.com/f2EfaOX


Thank you for the reply fellas. Yes, I'm aware and I know this is a shot in the dark. but any help would be greatly apprciated.

 

[USAFRet]

I see nothing on there visibly cooked.

 

[fzabkar]

I see several load switches and a TVS diode, so there would appear to be several levels of "protection" for the major ICs. It could be that the firmware has "panicked" and left the SSD in a busy state.

All we can do is to measure the onboard voltages and confirm that they are correct. To this end you would need a digital multimeter and sharp pointed probes. I would also suggest that you use a suitable USB adapter so that you will be able to access the SSD with your meter.

Can you measure the voltage test points (V1, V2, V3, +3.3V, etc) in the following photo clips? Use the Gnd as your 0V reference (black probe).

http://www.users.on.net/~fzabkar/SSD/Hynix/HFS512G39TNF_TVS.jpg
http://www.users.on.net/~fzabkar/SSD/Hynix/HFS512G39TNF_regs.jpg

Edit:

I'm just guessing at the voltages. Some of my guesses may be wrong.

 

[fzabkar]

I'd consider consulting with : (They likely will not work on the SSD at all if you attempt any component transplants yourself)

https://www.300dollardatarecovery.com/

SK hynix SSDs are not supported by Ace Laboratory tools, so 300dollardatarecovery.com will most likely be of no help to you in this case. My own experience with this company (in the professional forums) is that they are not experienced in electronic troubleshooting and repair.

https://blog.acelaboratory.com/pc-3000-ssd-list-of-supported-ssd-drives-regularly-updated.html