WD800EB IDE Hard Drive Repair/Replacement advice needed

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:crybaby:
I had a two year old E-Machine that had a power supply failure due t
power flucuations. I replaced the power supply and the machine woul
still not operate. I bought a new PC and tried to use the old WD800E
drive as a slave. No matter how I set the jumpers the new PC would no
boot whenever I had the old drive attached to the ribbon cable.
I think the drive is electonically shorted since whenever I appl
power to the PC, the vent fans run without even pressing the o
button. Also, I can not shut the PC off with the on/off button
Does anyone know of a site or business where I can buy the circui
board for this drive. I believe the media and the data are ok and d
not want to spend a lot of money at a data recovery house
The complete model number is Western Digital WD800EB-00DJf0 dated 2
Sept 2003, DCM:HSBACVJA
 
Jim S said:
I had a two year old E-Machine that had a power supply failure due to
power flucuations. I replaced the power supply and the machine would
still not operate. I bought a new PC and tried to use the old WD800EB
drive as a slave. No matter how I set the jumpers the new PC would not
boot whenever I had the old drive attached to the ribbon cable.
I think the drive is electonically shorted since whenever I apply
power to the PC, the vent fans run without even pressing the on
button. Also, I can not shut the PC off with the on/off button.
Does anyone know of a site or business where I can buy the circuit
board for this drive.
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ebay. Buy a full working drive, same model, swap the logic card.
 
Previously Jim S said:
:crybaby:
I had a two year old E-Machine that had a power supply failure due to
power flucuations. I replaced the power supply and the machine would
still not operate. I bought a new PC and tried to use the old WD800EB
drive as a slave. No matter how I set the jumpers the new PC would not
boot whenever I had the old drive attached to the ribbon cable.
I think the drive is electonically shorted since whenever I apply
power to the PC, the vent fans run without even pressing the on
button. Also, I can not shut the PC off with the on/off button.
Does anyone know of a site or business where I can buy the circuit
board for this drive. I believe the media and the data are ok and do
not want to spend a lot of money at a data recovery house.
The complete model number is Western Digital WD800EB-00DJf0 dated 29
Sept 2003, DCM:HSBACVJAH
Click to expand...

Sounds more like your mainboard is fried. The drives do not (usually)
influence the on/off button.

Arno
 
Jim S said:
:crybaby:
I had a two year old E-Machine that had a power supply failure due to
power flucuations. I replaced the power supply and the machine would
still not operate. I bought a new PC and tried to use the old WD800EB
drive as a slave. No matter how I set the jumpers the new PC would not
boot whenever I had the old drive attached to the ribbon cable.
I think the drive is electonically shorted since whenever I apply
power to the PC, the vent fans run without even pressing the on
button. Also, I can not shut the PC off with the on/off button.
Does anyone know of a site or business where I can buy the circuit
board for this drive. I believe the media and the data are ok and do
not want to spend a lot of money at a data recovery house.
The complete model number is Western Digital WD800EB-00DJf0 dated 29
Sept 2003, DCM:HSBACVJAH
Click to expand...

Try Froogle - I found the last hdd I needed there in 15 minutes.
Watch the price range.

Good luck!
 
Sounds more like your mainboard is fried.
The drives do not (usually) influence the on/off button.
Click to expand...

Hard to explain why he only sees the effect with that
drive plugged in tho, if he has stated that accurately.
Hard to see how a motherboard fault could do that,
and its a new system too.
 
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