I just set about cleaning out my PC, vacumed out duest etc etc. Now when that was finished everything was still working fine. I then unplugged everything, set about some cable management.
But when it came to turn it back on, the safety switch triggered and turned the PC straight back off. I also became aware of the smell of burning plastic. Through process of elimination it turned out to be one of my Hard Drives. Annoyingly enough the one with my Windows partition on it. I can't think for the life of me what caused the short. I didn't add or remove anything. All that changed was I moved some cables around.
So my questions are this.
*Is the drive remotely recoverable or is it fucked?
*If it IS fixable, is it a DIY job or am I going to have to pay someone to do it?
Any help would be awesome.
Well changing the circuit board from a same HDD would help quite often, but apart from that you are quite fucked about a DIY job.
Changing the platters to a same, working one is remotelly possible but a clean room and being an expert helps a lot.
I'd give it up to the professionals if there is important stuff but £££££ is needed for that
Balls.
I have a spare smaller drive and I could start again.
It's just really. Fucking. Annoying.
Considering the burning smell seems to be coming from just the circuit board. How hard is it to come by a replacement?
Are they the sort of thing you can put on order in a specialist shop?
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Also. Seriously.
What could have caused it? Seeing as I didn't even touch that drive for the duration.
Well possibly, but the spare part would probably cost the same that the HDD is so I'd just hunt down the HDD.
Also some dust or shit might have done something odd. Shit happens.
I've bitten the bullet, and reinstalled to an old 210GB HDD I had lying around.
Nothing massive lost. 15Gb of torrents I was going to transfer over to my media drive.
I had my design work backed up.
Just fucking annoying.
[QUOTE=Cluckyx;16373955]It's just really. Fucking. Annoying.[/QUOTE]
Quoted for Niko.
Happens.
You could sue the manufacturer for selling a defective product if it makes you feel better :D
[QUOTE=SteeleCratos;16385575]Happens.
You could sue the manufacturer for selling a defective product if it makes you feel better :D[/QUOTE]
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