Bent + missing pins on a SATA HDD drive?

LAPIII · 02-16-2011, 09:49 AM

http://s3.postimage.org/3383i46kk/FILE0249.jpg

#1 in the picture is what's broken. I have no idea what 2 + 3 are, but I hope I can connect either of these, instead of #1, to the motherboard. I have the connector for # 4.

TobiSGD · 02-16-2011, 10:02 AM

Sorry, but your picture is way to small to see which pins/connector you mean. Please post a larger picture.

djsmiley2k · 02-16-2011, 10:24 AM

If thats sata....

4. power connector
2. jumper
3. Possibly molex style connector - but infact it looks like some kind of pin out - no idea about this.
1. sata connector

So your only hope is to get an identical HDD (as in consecutive serial numbers, or very close), and attach a different board to drive the hdd instead.

LAPIII · 02-16-2011, 10:52 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by TobiSGD

Sorry, but your picture is way to small to see which pins/connector you mean. Please post a larger picture.

Bigger picture:

[img=http://s3.postimage.org/3383i46kk/FILE0249.jpg]

TobiSGD · 02-16-2011, 11:10 AM

I only can follow the advice from djsmiley2k.

LAPIII · 02-16-2011, 11:23 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by djsmiley2k

2. jumpers

What is this used for?

Quote:

3. Possibly molex style connector - but infact it looks like some kind of pin out - no idea about this.

I'll lookup the HDD on WD's website + post what they say.