HDD Repairs

[Mac2580]

The sata port of my Toshiba X300 6TB broke. Does anyone know if its possible/cost effective to repair?

I called around but most places offer data recovery not hard drive repair. I do not care much about the data on it.

 

[WAslayer]

This is something you could DIY, cutting the end off of a SATA cable and then soldering the wires directly onto what's left of the SATA pins on the hard drive..

 

[PaulGherkin]

This is something you could DIY, cutting the end off of a SATA cable and then soldering the wires directly onto what's left of the SATA pins on the hard drive..

This precisely... but I can see that drive has been through the war years and back. Some people just don't know how to handle electronics with respect and due care, instead handle it as if it's the bottle opener.

 

[Rickster]

A place like Southbit should have a doner board and they can swap it out but it might need to be reflashed as I think firmware is locked to the original HDD.

 

[Mac2580]

This precisely... but I can see that drive has been through the war years and back. Some people just don't know how to handle electronics with respect and due care, instead handle it as if it's the bottle opener.

Yeah agreed there it was probably me trying to get it to work in HDD Enclosure. But i have countless other drives and this has happened to only two Toshiba X300s. When unplugged, the connector simply remained inside the sata cable itself and not the HDD.

 

[Mac2580]

A place like Southbit should have a doner board and they can swap it out but it might need to be reflashed as I think firmware is locked to the original HDD.

Thank you very much, i will try contact them.

 

[Mac2580]

This is something you could DIY, cutting the end off of a SATA cable and then soldering the wires directly onto what's left of the SATA pins on the hard drive..

I will try a few more data recovery places and if no luck then try this thank you.

 

[ponder]

You can solder a new connector on.