- Dec 2, 2014
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Hey guys. I have a 1.5TB WD Elements external HDD. For the past year it was acting a bit sporadic, not showing up in Windows at times. Other times it would work, so I chalked it up to an intermittent driver issue. Today when I went to do another backup of my phone, I couldn't get it to boot. I tried connecting it to a couple of computers, but no luck. So I popped it open, and found this:
http://i.imgur.com/KFbVvHo.jpg
Burn marks on the PCB. I connected the drive directly into my computer and a couple of others, and no dice. The drive spins up just fine, it just won't recognize on any system I put them into. Any ideas on whether it's a good idea to try to replace the PCB? It'll run me about $50, which is better than a data recovery, but I want to exhaust all my options before I commit to this. Thanks.
http://i.imgur.com/KFbVvHo.jpg
Burn marks on the PCB. I connected the drive directly into my computer and a couple of others, and no dice. The drive spins up just fine, it just won't recognize on any system I put them into. Any ideas on whether it's a good idea to try to replace the PCB? It'll run me about $50, which is better than a data recovery, but I want to exhaust all my options before I commit to this. Thanks.
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