[vox-tech] blown power supply = fried MB and HDs

[Jonathan Stickel]

Bill Broadley wrote:
> Jonathan Stickel wrote:
...
>> Anyway, I am wondering if there is still any hope in recovering the 
>> data on the hard drive.  From what I can tell, the drive is not even 
>> spinning 
> 
> There is no fuse that I know of, and if it's not even trying it sounds 
> pretty
> bad.
> 
>> up.  The bios tries to detect it, but it times out.  My guess is that 
>> the drive platters are OK, but the circuitry to run the drive is 
>> damaged  in some way.  Perhaps just the power circuit is bad.  Is 
>> there anything I can try?  I know I could send the drive out to a 
>> recovery service to the tune of several hundred dollars, but my data 
>> isn't worth that much; just sentimental stuff and a huge inconvenience
> 
> If it's worth it to you I'd buy as exact a replacement drive as humanly
> possible, ideally the same company and size disk.  Google or ebay for
> older drives if the normal channels don't have them.  Then transplant
> the entire motherboard (right up to the leads that power the motor and
> head).  It's a fairly simple operation on most disks... torx drivers
> are often required (but cheap).  I've done this successfully once or twice,
> and unsuccessfully at least once.
> 
> If it works definitely get the info off immediately in a most important
> first kind of method.  Definitely do not power cycle or reboot after the
> drive works.
> 

We will check into this.  Thanks to all who responded with sympathy and 
suggestions!  I'll report back if we have any luck.

Regards,
Jonathan