Swap PCB Board vs solder broken HDD

[Yayyy]

I have a western digital "WD1600AAJB-00PVA0" that i broke one of the power pins on and it was disappointing because it has my data on it so i decided
to have it soldered. It was fully functional before i broke it and a guy soldered it for me but when i connected it to the pc the partitions on the drive appear to have failed. Honestly i think that there might be a short in the drive from his soldering, but im not sure. I say this because i took one of those molex ide power adapters and cut the red cord tried to connect it to the solder point on the pcb
i also have a sata to ide usb converter and the partitions showed up. Not always but 70% of the time they did, but after the soldering they have not showed up.
and the So i was thinking maybe having it soldered again by someone or should i just find a similar pcb board? and will i have to do a bios chip swap with this drive ?

since this site wont let me post a pic here is the link to what my pcb board looks like

http://www.effectiveelectronics.com/media/30/a20791c137f0899f48ec96_l.JPG

 

[qazzi]

i would (try and suggest) to solder it again as it cost nothing to do but as you said "there might be a short" so it might damage the drive more if solder it again.

you could try to just swap it (or buy one)
check here:
http://forum.hddguru.com/viewforum.php?f=15
http://www.donordrives.com
http://www.hdd-parts.com/
http://stores.ebay.co.uk/Darius-HDD-solutions

 

[bryanl]

I hope you didn't take it to a computer shop since their skill level tends to be very low for repairs like this and the quality of the soldering tools inadequate. What type of soldering tools did they have?

When you soldered the red wire to the PCB, where did you connect it, and did you solder one of the black wires to either of the 2 middle IDE solder connections?

Clear, detailed photos of both sides of the PCB could be helpful. imgur.com is a picture posting site that does not require registration.

OnePCBsolution.com sells replacement hard disk boards and can transplant BIOS chips, but I don't see a separate BIOS chip in your photo.

 

[Yayyy]

I hope you didn't take it to a computer shop since their skill level tends to be very low for repairs like this and the quality of the soldering tools inadequate. What type of soldering tools did they have?

When you soldered the red wire to the PCB, where did you connect it, and did you solder one of the black wires to either of the 2 middle IDE solder connections?

Clear, detailed photos of both sides of the PCB could be helpful. imgur.com is a picture posting site that does not require registration.

OnePCBsolution.com sells replacement hard disk boards and can transplant BIOS chips, but I don't see a separate BIOS chip in your photo.

when i cut the red wire i had it soldered to the solder point or little metal circle on the pcb board. it is the broken power pin solder point where it got soldered (the only broken pin). I think the bios might be integrated unto that big chip, a guy told me that i may be able to do a swap if the model number matched and the numbers on the white sticker label on my drive. But im not sure if that would work and at the same time i don't wanna waste time.

 

[oliver89]

I agreed what bryanl said that you have to take your hard drive to the computer shop rather than trying to solder it by your own as they have appropriate equipment for the soldering and moreover the inappropriate and excessive soldering may damage your hard drive because of its sensitivity. Also it is not sure that whether the problem is due to the short circuit or there is some other problem occurs due to soldering.

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