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I have a few hard drives that I have pulled out of 5th gen ipod videos (all 30 gig).
I wanted to know if it is possible to repair these drives. (they were sad face and clicking), and if there is a web site to find out more info on how to do it.
Is this a good question?
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Joe, little can be done to fix a hard drive at home, without using special equipment. Most common failure are
Logic board (controller) failures.
Broken power/data connectors (requires fine soldering).
Spindle/arm driver chip failure which requires replacement of either a logic board, or a chip
Head block pre-amplification failure.
Moving parts failures.
Head crash.
Spindle bearing seizure or spindle motor failure.
Firmware corruption (requires special software and sometimes special connection arrangement).
The only thing I have ever successfully attempted was the logic board replacement. http://www.dataclinic.co.uk/hard-disk-fa... will give you a better idea of what is involved So I do not think this would be feasible unless you have the equipment and the skills required. Good luck
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There must be a market for them though because I see them up for sale in lots on the bay site! I have a few myself and plan to list them there as is for parts.
Marc
I am sure there is for people that have the equipment to rebuild and sell them back to us for our iPOds :)
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that is what I thought thanks for the answer.
by Joe