I bought an IDE interface cable and power supply off this guy on ebay. The power supply runs from a 120V outlet from the wall, through an adapter, to a female plug just like the white plastic ones on a desktop internal power supply. Only this one is rubber, and I believe I may have plugged the power supply in upside down. The adapter is poorly made, it isn't that difficult to plug the wire into the 4-pin connector on the hard disk upside down, but its my own stupidity. The hard disk won't turn on now, and I've plugged the power supply into another hard disk and it worked fine. Have I fried my hard drive? Its an 80Gb and I have some stuff on there I would like to retrieve. Any thoughts would be appreciated.
2006-12-09 14:29:59 · 6 answers · asked by Mountain M 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Other - Hardware
120V on your Power Supply is to much for your computer can handle. try switching to 110V on your Power Supply
2006-12-09 14:34:26 · answer #1 · answered by Morris Technologies & Gift Shop 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
if you recorded data there and still want to make the hard disk work, just try to replace the circuit board of the disk, which may be the only thing that could fry out.
To do the replacement, you need a hard disk same model as yours, it doesn't have to be working mechanically, but it has to be recognized in the bios of a computer (that will mean that the circuit board of the drive works) just swap them.
circuit boards on all hard drives are easily replaceable.
However, supposing that the thing that fried was the adaptor itself, could you try your hard drive in a normal computer? just in case, your drive may still be alive...
2006-12-09 23:46:31 · answer #2 · answered by thefumigator 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
IF you got the connector in wrong, it is quite possible you fried it.
HOWEVER, I would contact the manufacturer of the drive.
It just MIGHT have had a "protective" diode in the power circuit, in which case it could be repairable, (preferably by the manufacturer).
These were quite common in much of the "consumer" electronics for several years, although you don't hear much about them anymore.
They were installed specifically for this type of problem to protect the unit from incorrect power connections.
Now you know why e-bay is a "buyer beware" site.
2006-12-09 23:04:13 · answer #3 · answered by f100_supersabre 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Your hard drive has gone to live with Jesus. Recovering the information would cost a fortune. A specialist has to remove the disks and put them in another drive.
2006-12-09 22:45:31 · answer #4 · answered by Nomadd 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I can give you a link that deals with hard drive problems.
Some RAM/ hard drive problems can be easily fixed yourself by using easily available tools. I found the info at http://fixit.in useful
2006-12-10 02:28:35 · answer #5 · answered by RICH 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
that guy on eBay needs to be punched.....
the red wire on the power cord should be facing the IDE cable if that helps
2006-12-09 22:35:23 · answer #6 · answered by Tael 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋