Avera5141 Honorable Apr 11, 2013 8 0 10,510 Apr 16, 2013 #1 Hi there, noobie here again... This time my HDD fried. It has a burnt mark on it and im sure its useless now. What went wrong? Might the HDD be defective? I'm sure i plugged everything in correctly becaus my SDD is running fine.
Hi there, noobie here again... This time my HDD fried. It has a burnt mark on it and im sure its useless now. What went wrong? Might the HDD be defective? I'm sure i plugged everything in correctly becaus my SDD is running fine.
Solution USAFRet Apr 16, 2013 Hard to tell exactly what went wrong, but yes...it is probably fried. You let the magic smoke out. There have been some successes with replacing the circuit board, but not something I'd suggest for a newbie to try.
Hard to tell exactly what went wrong, but yes...it is probably fried. You let the magic smoke out. There have been some successes with replacing the circuit board, but not something I'd suggest for a newbie to try.
USAFRet Titan Moderator Mar 16, 2013 171,472 17,926 184,590 Apr 16, 2013 #2 Burnt mark where, exactly? On the circuit board? Upvote 0 Downvote
Avera5141 Honorable Apr 11, 2013 8 0 10,510 Apr 16, 2013 #3 Yeah on the circuit board. nice size burnt mark the size of the screws. Upvote 0 Downvote
USAFRet Titan Moderator Mar 16, 2013 171,472 17,926 184,590 Apr 16, 2013 Solution #4 Hard to tell exactly what went wrong, but yes...it is probably fried. You let the magic smoke out. There have been some successes with replacing the circuit board, but not something I'd suggest for a newbie to try. Upvote 0 Downvote Solution
Hard to tell exactly what went wrong, but yes...it is probably fried. You let the magic smoke out. There have been some successes with replacing the circuit board, but not something I'd suggest for a newbie to try.
Avera5141 Honorable Apr 11, 2013 8 0 10,510 Apr 16, 2013 #5 Think newegg will give me a refund or at least exchange it? Upvote 0 Downvote
USAFRet Titan Moderator Mar 16, 2013 171,472 17,926 184,590 Apr 16, 2013 #6 Avera5141 : Think newegg will give me a refund or at least exchange it? If you don't ask, they never will. It can't hurt. Upvote 0 Downvote
Avera5141 : Think newegg will give me a refund or at least exchange it? If you don't ask, they never will. It can't hurt.