HDD Broken? Help please?

[onlynismo]

ok so i boot up hdl and try to run nfsu. it just gives me a black screen so i thought my hdd was loose. i unscrewed the na and remove the hdd but a little metal piece fell out and it turns out to be a pin from one of the power connects. now there's only 3 pins for power, is my hdd done? it seems to have snapped off, but how? is there anyway i could fix this?

[KillerSpaz]

mmm... u can try soldering it back in, it'll be a crappy job, and it may not work for very longer, but i'd suggest getting a new drive to replace that one

[onlynismo]

damn!

[dufr156]

yeah try that!

[onlynismo]

solder it on? i don't know how to solder and it's hard cause the space is too tight. is there a way i can replace the power part? also if i get an ide to usb cable will that power up the hdd w/ something plugging into the power connectors?

[omegatron]

i dont believe you can take of teh plasitc mount that the power and ide connection is on the hdd... i would say use solder or try to see if manufactur will replace

[sioivo]

If your HDD still have warranty. I world say go to the HDD official website, create RMA, and send it back to get a replacement HDD.

[omegatron]

yeap i did that with my seagate they sent me a new shiney 80gb hdd when i broke it

[onlynismo]

yeah, my hdd is still under warranty . they will send me a new one? it doesn't matter that the power is broken?

[onlynismo]

will they accept it even though it's not an internal problem?