Hi everyone!
This is just to say that the "american method" didn't work for my Musical Maxtor (160 GB)... I tried shaking it a bit (unplugged) and one of the chips began melting and smoking when I plugged it again... I'm afraid that i've lost everything on it...
I've got a pic of it but I don't know how to upload it...
Hope you'll be luckier!
Manu, Switzerland