hard drive with broken pin

With allot of research you should be able to buy a new IDE connector and
solder it on - would likely be much cheaper than throwing out the drive to
buy a replacement (unless its a really old, low capacity one). A website to
start at would be <a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://www.molex.com" target="_blank">www.molex.com</a> - don't know if they have representatives in
Singapore but if so, talking to those people should yield some part numbers.
I've done this before with a couple of different specialist computer
plugs/connectors eg ATX power connector, motherboard serial port. If you're
not up to the soldering job yourself, I'd imagine there'll be IT companies
around that would do it (for a price - in that case it may be cheaper just
to buy a new one).

Paul
"Smart Idiot" <smartidiot999999.DeleteThis@yahoo.com.sg> wrote in message
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 > dear all,
 > Does anyone know if there is any way i can repair a hard drive with a
broken
 > pin? Broke it accidentally and now the hard drive cannot work
 >
 > Thanks.
 >
 > wishes,
 > Rainbow
 >
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Smart Idiot wrote:
 > dear all,
 > Does anyone know if there is any way i can repair a hard drive with a broken
 > pin? Broke it accidentally and now the hard drive cannot work
 >
 > Thanks.
 >
 > wishes,
 > Rainbow
 >
 >

  Someone with soldering skills should be able to take a pin from a scrap
circuit card and replace just the broken pin. I have done this several
times, but it is not for someone who has never soldered on PWBs before.
An old PWB from an IDE logic board, or even some other scrap PWB with
similar pins should provide a source for a replacement pin.<!-- ~MESSAGE_AFTER~ -->
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dear all,
thanks for ur tips, will try these out.

thank you.

wishes,
rainbow

"Ken" <user DeleteThis @domain.invalid> wrote in message
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 > Smart Idiot wrote:
  > > dear all,
  > > Does anyone know if there is any way i can repair a hard drive with a
broken
  > > pin? Broke it accidentally and now the hard drive cannot work
  > >
  > > Thanks.
  > >
  > > wishes,
  > > Rainbow
  > >
  > >
 >
 > Someone with soldering skills should be able to take a pin from a scrap
 > circuit card and replace just the broken pin. I have done this several
 > times, but it is not for someone who has never soldered on PWBs before.
 > An old PWB from an IDE logic board, or even some other scrap PWB with
 > similar pins should provide a source for a replacement pin.<!-- ~MESSAGE_AFTER~ -->
 >> Stay informed about: hard drive with broken pin