External Hard Disk problem

[XhD]

I have this external hard disk which needed to be powered up before using. There is once my friend of mine used his laptop charger to power it up and it produces a pungent smell. Is there any way to repair it? Thanks in advance.

 

[cobra1]

is the controller board damaged or is it the hard drive?? if it the controller board then easier to buy a new caddy from ebay for about £6-£10
if its the hard drive then im afraid its probably dead as they are generally unservicable

 

[XhD]

im not sure. i intended to change the port to those internal hard disk port and try booting it up. do you think it is a good idea?

 

[Sceadwian]

If you're lucky you only fried the external drives controller not the drive itself, I think it would be safe to remove the harddrive from the enclosure and try it in your PC, just keep an eye on it. Takes a good close look at the disk drive itself for singed parts though.

 

[mdanh2002]

For once I damaged my external hard drive enclosure (but the drive is still intact). I could have just replaced the enclosure, but decided to send the the drive for service since it was still under warranty. 10 days later I received my replacement drive by post. Guess what? The hard drive (which was working) had been replaced with the new one, and the damaged enclosure was sent back to me. They didn't even bother to re-assemble it.

 

[XhD]

so now i just needa get a new circuit board. Any ideas where to buy it beside ebay? Btw I'm from Singapore

 

[mdanh2002]

If you are talking about the enclosure (casing), you can buy it at any comuter shops selling hard disk.