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stam287
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 Posted: Sun Jun 14, 2009 6:25 pm Post subject: Dead Hard drive due to wrong voltage |
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Hi,
thanks very much to everybody for the inputs. Well I used the wrong adapter for an external hard drive (higher voltage, was for a laptop) and then the hard drive completely stopped working (no noise at all). It is a Maxtor 500gb Hard drive (with Seagate inside). I opened it and I checked the power supply unit which works fine (checked with another hard drive). I also tried another working power supply unit, but of course that didn't work either.
I am trying to check which is the zener diode that has blown, there is something that looks that has melted, so that should be it. Any ideas on how to proceed?
Here are the pictures:
Circuit http://img199.imageshack.us/img199/9956/dsc0348x.jpg
External
http://img199.imageshack.us/img199/3566/dsc0349o.jpg
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stam287
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| Posted: Tue Jun 16, 2009 5:11 pm Post subject: |
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After removing the burnt out diode, I reconnected the hard drive and it worked again - Thanks again for everybody who helped! I will be more careful with power supply next time! |
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Shebi
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| Posted: Mon Aug 31, 2009 5:30 pm Post subject: |
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| hmm learnt a lot from it ... |
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Jonsin
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| Posted: Mon Sep 28, 2009 8:13 pm Post subject: |
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bump!
just tried this and worked wonders! |
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sunnydreamspace
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| Posted: Sun Oct 04, 2009 3:31 pm Post subject: |
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nice explain....
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