Black plastic on HDD

[Chris Yahya]

Hello, i have 2,5" 1tb samsung spinpoint HDD.

 

it has black plastic between PCB and the drive.

 

and yesterday my HDD was soaked by rain, (not so much) so i unscrew the pcb, tearing apart PCB, black plastic and the drive.

 

then immersed them all at rice for a day.

 

then now i put in back--but the black plastic is lost (it seems someone mistook it as trash)

 

so .. is it okay just screw the pcb back without the blackplastic? will it short or something...

 

my 2,5HDD is naked (not using any case), just sata to usb 3 converters., and i usually touch by hand..

 

sorry for my terrible english..

[Skiiwee29]

I would personally call it a wash. I wouldnt risk plugging it into my system personally and risk it damaging my components. 

[Chris Yahya]

1 minute ago, legacy99 said:

I would personally call it a wash. I wouldnt risk plugging it into my system personally and risk it damaging my components. 

what do you mean wash?

 

u mean it you always wipe them all? Or it can damage my components if i had no black plastic on?

 

 

Edited July 31, 2016 by Chris Yahya

[Skiiwee29]

1 minute ago, Chris Yahya said:

what do you mean wash?

 

u mean it you always wipe them all? Or it can damage my components if i had no black plastic on?

 

 

I mean I would cut my losses and call it a dead/bad drive is what I meant by wash. 

[Chris Yahya]

1 minute ago, legacy99 said:

I mean I would cut my losses and call it a dead/bad drive is what I meant by wash. 

oh you mean if the drive has been hit by water.. it probably damage your components?

 

well my HDD is working fine for now

[Skiiwee29]

Just now, Chris Yahya said:

oh you mean if the drive has been hit by water.. it probably damage your components?

 

well my HDD is working fine for now

Well if you had all the parts and pieces from when you took it apart, it wouldn't hurt to try it out, but I don't personally know what purpose that piece would serve so I would consider the drive bad personally and cut my losses from it. 

[Chris Yahya]

Just now, legacy99 said:

Well if you had all the parts and pieces from when you took it apart, it wouldn't hurt to try it out, but I don't personally know what purpose that piece would serve so I would consider the drive bad personally and cut my losses from it. 

oh i get it...

[MrDrWho13]

@legacy99 You're just trying to make it difficult by using these phrases.  

[Skiiwee29]

3 minutes ago, MrDrWho13 said:

@legacy99 You're just trying to make it difficult by using these phrases.  

Long night of keeping the internet running here in good ol murica on 5 hrs of sleep and a 10hr shift... 

[Chris Yahya]

good news, my HDD is still working fine till now.