My PSU recently fried/melted the PSU cable and PCB connection for a Seagate HDD I have. I don't think there is any other damage to the HDD so I contacted Seagate looking to find a replacement PCB to try to at least recover data on the HDD.
Seagate BarraCuda ST8000DM004 8TB 256MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive
https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?item=N82E16822183793
This was the Seagate support response:
Reviewing your case, I tried to exhaust all possibilities by requesting the PCB replacement, but Seagate does not replace or sell spare parts. However, I was able to find a website where you can purchase the exact parts that you need.
http://www.donordrives.com/st8000dm004-2cx188-568-0001-2504-e-seagate-sata-3-5-pcb.html <http://www.donordrives.com/st8000dm004-2cx188-568-0001-2504-e-seagate-sata-3-5-pcb.html>
The HDD was only $200 and these replacement PCBs in the support link are relatively really expensive.
I'm looking for creative ways to either fix/replace the PCB or recover the HDD data and move it over to a new HDD. Does anyone have any ideas for what I might be able to do? Are the PCB's extremely unique to the model or is it possible to find a cheap replacement that will work long enough to transfer data? Other approaches to recovering?
Seagate BarraCuda ST8000DM004 8TB 256MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive
https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?item=N82E16822183793
This was the Seagate support response:
Reviewing your case, I tried to exhaust all possibilities by requesting the PCB replacement, but Seagate does not replace or sell spare parts. However, I was able to find a website where you can purchase the exact parts that you need.
http://www.donordrives.com/st8000dm004-2cx188-568-0001-2504-e-seagate-sata-3-5-pcb.html <http://www.donordrives.com/st8000dm004-2cx188-568-0001-2504-e-seagate-sata-3-5-pcb.html>
The HDD was only $200 and these replacement PCBs in the support link are relatively really expensive.
I'm looking for creative ways to either fix/replace the PCB or recover the HDD data and move it over to a new HDD. Does anyone have any ideas for what I might be able to do? Are the PCB's extremely unique to the model or is it possible to find a cheap replacement that will work long enough to transfer data? Other approaches to recovering?