Proudfeet
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Thanks for all the help
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Thanks that does really help with understanding I can see this level of repair is likely beyond my skillset and tool kit! Will the suggestions mariushm suggest have good odds of working?
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Here you go, it's not a pretty sight. The leg at pin 4 is pretty much just resting there with gravity I am loathe to move it this late at night in case I lose it.
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Thanks these are some good options to try. Is there any danger to the drive or component if I turn it on and the blob of solder isn't making ground contact?
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Unfortunately the black casing of the component broke and the leg came off as a whole. It didn't sever so there is is nothing to attach to if that makes sense? As you can probably tell I am new to this sort of thing.
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Thanks for reply, I was desperately hoping that the ground was just a safety measure and it may work without.
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Hi, I am trying to recover some data from a broken hard drive (Western Digital WD10EZEX) and was swapping the suspected broken pcb (REV A 2060-771829-005) out with a new one. I was following this video on how to swap the BIOS chip over to the donor board when removing the BIOS chip I broke of the leg from pin 4 . It seems like it require some rocket surgery to attach the leg back on and there's no easy way to hold it back on. I found out that pin 4 on the BIOS chip in question (Winbond W25Q20BW) is the ground pin. Can I just solder my BIOS chip to the donor board with no ground pin connected? Or is this incredibly naive and wont work?
