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I was straightening out the pins on my HDD when this happened, will this HDD still work or should I just get a new one?

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I like new toys, but this may be repairable. It may be possible to buy a new controller board that'll have new pins on it. Otherwise a professional should be able to figure it out.

At me or quote me, I want to hear your opinion.

 

Hopefully anything I say is factually correct. Sorry for any mistakes in advanced.

 

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that is ground pin, it might still work. 

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Not only are the pins bent and broken off, but the housing for the connector is also missing? 

 

Is there any important data on the drive that you absolutely need to recover?

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21 minutes ago, Spotty said:

Not only are the pins bent and broken off, but the housing for the connector is also missing? 

 

Is there any important data on the drive that you absolutely need to recover?

Actually all of that happened before the pin broke off, I also noticed that another pin was bent, but I straightened it out, also I don't really have anything important, I just want to get it up and running so I can use it as a personal laptop

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2 minutes ago, Vegas Pro said:

I don't really have anything important, I just want to get it up and running so I can use it as a personal laptop

Just buy a new (or cheap 2nd hand) drive instead.

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You can repair it... or you can go to some service center and ask them to repair it.

 

If you're good with soldering iron, you can repair it yourself. 

 

unscrew the circuit board to figure out the footprint of the sata connector. Buy the sata connector from Digikey or Mouser or other distributors ... example : https://www.digikey.com/products/en/connectors-interconnects/pluggable-connectors/443?k=&pkeyword=sata&sv=0&pv28=399956&sf=1&FV=-8|443&quantity=&ColumnSort=0&page=1&pageSize=25

 

That is probably surface mount, all in one connector , something like : https://www.digikey.com/product-detail/en/3m/5622-6309-ML/3M5555-ND/1207097

 

Just to recover data from the drive, you could carefully solder a few tiny wires to those gold plated pads and then solder them to a plug:

https://www.digikey.com/product-detail/en/molex/0674910020/23-0674910020-ND/1989236

https://www.digikey.com/product-detail/en/3m/5607-4200-SH/3M5561-ND/1207102

https://www.digikey.com/product-detail/en/3m/5607-5102-SH/3M5562-ND/1207103

 

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Drive can be powered from a separate computer with a plain sata cable.

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