Can you replace the circuit boards on an external hard drive?

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Repair guides and support for external portable storage by Western Digital including the My Book series, My Passport and others.

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Gary @gary78375

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Can you replace the circuit boards on an external hard drive?

I accidentally plugged in my laptop power cable to my WD external hard drive and basically fried the power source.

I placed the hard drive in a separate external case and when I tried to power it on nothing happened, but when I unplugged the hard drive from the external case the case lit up and the fan turned on instantly. I don't have any testing equipment out here, but I did notice a lot of the circuit board had burn spots most likely where it was also fried once the power adapter was removed. Is there any way to salvage the drive or replace the parts? I'm not educated in the arts of soldering either so sadly that's a no go as well.

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Ok, so I looked at the model number and it's WD30EZRS - 00J99B0 would that PCB still work with that model?

26 apr 2012 da Gary

Gary, yes it will. "WD30EZRS-11J99B0 » WD30EZRS-11J99B0 2060-771698-002 REV P2 PCB."

26 apr 2012 da oldturkey03

Alright cool thanks a lot!

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Gary, the only thing that you could try is to get a PCB from the same model and replace it. This may enable you to access your drive. However, the larger drives do have some issues with that. If it is important data that you have on the drive, you may consider a data recovery service$$$ or some electronic repair shop that might fix it for you $$. There is some great discussion about an issue like that on here. Hope this helps, good luck.

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Thanks for the quick response! Do you know of any place I might be able to purchase one of those? I'm still rather new to the whole tinkering of electronics lol

25 apr 2012 da Gary

Sorry I have switched it to an answer due to more information. Anyhow, what is the exact model of your drive? We might find something that will help you out.

25 apr 2012 da oldturkey03

here is one board that I found. It is meant for data recovery. Check it out right here and it is for these drives WD30EZRS-11J99B0 » WD30EZRS-11J99B0 2060-771698-002 REV P2 PCB. not cheap....;)

25 apr 2012 da oldturkey03

It's a caviar green but the exact model number I can't get until after work.

25 apr 2012 da Gary

sounds good, just let us know and I am sure that by that time, someone else might have another idea. Don't work to hard :)

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Ok, so I looked at the model number and it's WD30EZRS - 00J99B0 would that PCB still work with that model? — Gary
Gary, yes it will. "WD30EZRS-11J99B0 » WD30EZRS-11J99B0 2060-771698-002 REV P2 PCB." — oldturkey03
Thanks for the quick response! Do you know of any place I might be able to purchase one of those? I'm still rather new to the whole tinkering of electronics lol — Gary
Sorry I have switched it to an answer due to more information. Anyhow, what is the exact model of your drive? We might find something that will help you out. — oldturkey03
here is one board that I found. It is meant for data recovery. Check it out right here and it is for these drives WD30EZRS-11J99B0 » WD30EZRS-11J99B0 2060-771698-002 REV P2 PCB. not cheap....;) — oldturkey03
It's a caviar green but the exact model number I can't get until after work. — Gary
sounds good, just let us know and I am sure that by that time, someone else might have another idea. Don't work to hard :) — oldturkey03