Hey all,
Big oopsie done today. Accidentally connected my pc’s hdd with a molex to sata power connector but wired the molex in the opposite direction so when I powered on my pc it fried the hdd.
Rest of Pc still functions but just wanted to retrieve the data on the hdd.
To solve this I’ve stripped a working hdd and took out the circuit. The problem though is that it is the exact same board, but the chips are slightly different. I know I have to switch the bios chips but the donor has 8mb cache whereas my fried one has 16mb. My original hdd also had a 7200rpm ratin gbut the donor is rated to 5900rpm. Would replacing the board then just limit the cache/rpm or not work at all? I can get a compatible board for $10 and switch the bios chip as an alternative.
My original fried hdd MODEL NO. Is ST3500418AS and the board I have is from a ST3500312CS. The board I can buy is ST35000413AS
Two photos of the fried board and donor board here:
https://imgur.com/gallery/w8SB8rv
Any help would be greatly appreciated!
Cheers
Big oopsie done today. Accidentally connected my pc’s hdd with a molex to sata power connector but wired the molex in the opposite direction so when I powered on my pc it fried the hdd.
Rest of Pc still functions but just wanted to retrieve the data on the hdd.
To solve this I’ve stripped a working hdd and took out the circuit. The problem though is that it is the exact same board, but the chips are slightly different. I know I have to switch the bios chips but the donor has 8mb cache whereas my fried one has 16mb. My original hdd also had a 7200rpm ratin gbut the donor is rated to 5900rpm. Would replacing the board then just limit the cache/rpm or not work at all? I can get a compatible board for $10 and switch the bios chip as an alternative.
My original fried hdd MODEL NO. Is ST3500418AS and the board I have is from a ST3500312CS. The board I can buy is ST35000413AS
Two photos of the fried board and donor board here:
https://imgur.com/gallery/w8SB8rv
Any help would be greatly appreciated!
Cheers