Broken pin in HDD connector

[sarak13_2000]

Recently I have used a HDD , Samsung make , SV1022D , 10GB in size.
In this , I found pin no.19 was broken in the data connector .
This appears to be GROUND pin.

I successfully mounted the drive to my computer and I have no problem
so far.

Can somebody advise me that would a missing Ground Pin create
any problem ?

Thanks.


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[www.interfacebus.com]

It's one of several grounds pins, so you still have a ground
connection. However, you are now one ground pin short. I guess I would
recommend you back-up the hard drive more often then you do now in case
you do start to see noise problems.

IDE Pinout and description;
http://www.interfacebus.com/IDE_HardDrive_Interface_Bus_Description.html

 

[philo]

Recently I have used a HDD , Samsung make , SV1022D , 10GB in size.
In this , I found pin no.19 was broken in the data connector .
This appears to be GROUND pin.

I successfully mounted the drive to my computer and I have no problem
so far.

Can somebody advise me that would a missing Ground Pin create
any problem ?

there are about 7 ground pins total...
so if one broke off...it's not too likely to cause any problems...
i would not worry about it