HELP! I f'd up my hd

[fobster]

ok, here's the story, i just bought a fan for my hd. It's one of those fans that you screw on the bottom of the hd and the power cord connects to the hd. Here's a picture:

http://www.heatsinkstore.com/hardiscoolw8.html

well the power cord from the fan connects directly to the hd. The damn thing (power cord) wouldnt go in, so i applied a little pressure to it to force it in. I think i applied a little too much presure and i broke a piece off of the hd. The piece was the plastic that contain the 4 pins for power. I tried to solder it back together but it didnt work. So before i throw away my ibm 80 gig hd that I just bought 3 months ago, I was hoping if any of you have any suggestions before i dump it in the trash. Most importantly, i just want to retrieve the data that was inside even if it cant be fix permanently (it would be good if it could). If anyone can help, PLEASE! I am very desperate because it aint my hd . TIA

 

[Arcanedeath]

Just use superglue and re attach the plastic that broke off and that should solve your problem, I actually had the same problem w/ a WD 400BB Eg the plastic beneath the 4 pin molex conector broke off and all it took was a little bit of super glue to fix. Hope this helps...

 

[fobster]

yah thats what i did and it still didnt work, but thx anyways

 

[amdskip]

Try soddering wires to the points that the plastic connecter connected to. Then attach these wires to a molex connector than can be plugged into a power supply. It's worth a try and a real pic of the hard drive would be even better.

 

[fobster]

this is what is happening when after i soddered the wires back to the corresponding wires on the hd, when i power on my comp, there is completely no power going throught the system (the power supply fan does not go on, other fans dont recieve power, other components do not recieve power) but when i remove the hd (remove the molex connector) from the power supply the system seems to work fine?? any ideas??

 

[bacillus]

seeing what you've already tried IMO you need to say farewell to that hdd!

 

[blackhawk]

Might want to try a tech person for some hands on help then.

Sounds like you tried everything I would've.