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Is this hard drive borked?

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Recently i dropped a wd mybook. since the warranty was void, i decided to try and see if i could fix anything. i opened it up, and grabbed a video of what was happening when i turned it on. soo, i am wondering if this is fixable, or have i killed a poor 3TB WD green :(

 


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Well now it's dead. gg bois

 

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i was pretty sure it was dead anyway, just wondering :P it wouldn't start before, so... plus the warranty was void. so if this finished it off, too bad, but at least i got too see it try to start ;P

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but does anyone know why it is doing that? i know it is dead, i just want to know why, really :)(other than me opening it)

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It probably just died. 

 

Depending on the age...most HDDs will wear out sooner or later. In this case, the drive surface may have become corrupt, or, the sensors went bad. 

 

Maybe some bearings went loose so the accuracy is off. 

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It probably just died. 

 

Depending on the age...most HDDs will wear out sooner or later. In this case, the drive surface may have become corrupt, or, the sensors went bad. 

 

Maybe some bearings went loose so the accuracy is off. 

yeah. i would say the main bit was i dropped it :P(i was mainly looking for "oh, the read heads are misaligned, or something of the sort)

 

Recently i dropped a wd mybook.

 

it really is too bad, it was nice for mass storage.. at least i have a working 3.5 inch drive enclosure ;)

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You kinda should've seen a specialist for this issue.......you see HDD have special torqued screws, now that you had it opened its well broken.

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You kinda should've seen a specialist for this issue.......you see HDD have special torqued screws, now that you had it opened its well broken.

why would the screw type matter?(EDIT: i get it now)

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