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  1. June 18th, 2005, 01:52 PM #1
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    maxtor HDD MDL 52049h4 20 GIG DIED

     
    Hello all,

    i am new here and need some help......
    got married last week and the wife put pics on C drive...... guess what C drive died last night. The problem is the pc board on the HDD. There is a burn spot on the 12 v line..... I have looked on ebay and on the net for the exact model so I can just replace the pc board...no luck... It is a 20 gig and i have found similar models on ebay... how can i find out if another maxtor 20 gig pc board will work?
    I am ready to start buying one that are close to my #... Many thanks and Great board...
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  2. June 18th, 2005, 02:23 PM #2
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    If you cannot find a board or a new board doesnt work You may want to send the hard drive to a data recovery center. I can cost a few hundred dollars though.
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  3. June 18th, 2005, 09:59 PM #3
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    Well since it's dead anyway (potentially) and if you have any soldering skills and if the circuit trace is in fact open, you could try soldering a jumper wire around the burned spot. Of course you have know idea what caused the burn to begin with but if it's serious enough another location will fail.
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  4. June 19th, 2005, 12:06 PM #4
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    Once again Murphy wreaks havoc in the computer world. "if you don't back it up, something will happen to it".
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