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Question: Fix seagate 1tb external hard drive?
(Posted by: Jeremy W on 2010-03-09 22:12:53)
Plugged in the usb cable into the female port on the external drive, and it just popped in. haven't dropped it, haven't misused it, just need to back up my computer. When i noticed it wasn't reading i checked the connection, realized the usb port was lost within the drive. Looked at the warranty, called the number, guess it isn't covered. popped open the machine and tried multiple attempts to get it to read just to get a few pictures, videos, and music files off. No luck. my question is, is there a way to fix the usb port permanently, or at least temporarily? if this isn't possible, where is a place to get replacement parts. I could just the circuit board the contains the port, the info i can find on the board is 2GEXKZMQ under a bar code, 090616 printed on the board and below this, also printed on the board, Cedar USB 1607 Rev.:1.0 if a replacement part can't be purchased or installed then best way to just replace the casing and keep the hard drive? the drive is just fine, it's just the usb port. hate to have to replace it all and lose my info if i can just connect my computer to the hard drive itself without the need of the broken components. thanks for any help. |
