Connect 2007 Samsung HDD to 2016 Motherboard

Poncke

Hi all,

Does anyone know how to Connect 2007 Samsung HDD to 2016 Motherboard?

I dismantled my II Freecom 400GB external HDD because the power is no longer working. I took out a Samsung HD400LD HDD wich seems to have a PATA connector.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822152043

Can I connect a PATA cable to my MSI Z170A Pro MB?

Or better yet, what do I need to do, to connect the Samsung HD400LD to my MSI Z170A Pro MB?

Thanks

ED E

Get a cheap USB -IDE interface and power supply, rip the contents off them and then bin them (wipe the data if necessary).

At that vintage its not a great idea to go integrating them into your system. They're slow, louder than they need to be and most importantly much more likely to fail.

Poncke

ED E wrote: »

Get a cheap USB -IDE interface and power supply, rip the contents off them and then bin them (wipe the data if necessary).

At that vintage its not a great idea to go integrating them into your system. They're slow, louder than they need to be and most importantly much more likely to fail.

You assumed correctly I need to get data of the drive. I dont mind how I do it and if I need to spend some $$ on it. But I am not sure if I understand your explanation. I will google what you said and come back if I cant make any sense out of it

Poncke

So I need this and this and that should work just to copy the data?

bonzodog2

They would work, but the cable is expensive
http://www.ebay.ie/itm/Silver-USB-2-0-to-IDE-SATA-S-ATA-2-5-3-5-Hard-Drive-Cable-Adapter-Converter-NEW-/281344707645?hash=item4181738c3d:g:cOQAAOxyrrpTflW-

ED E

Yep, thats the one. You can usually find somebody selling the whole thing as one.

I bought this one but its since doubled in price so couldnt recommend it.
https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B001A5SK56/

Poncke

Cheers. I guess this one would work as well then? Do I need a cable for between the box and the HDD?

riclad

The image shows a usb to usb cable that comes in the box.
use that Connect The power cable to the unit ,connect the drive ,turn it on,give it 2 minutes to spin up.then plug the usb cable into the pc,
copy the data over into a folder .The drive should be on a clean
dry flat surface .

Poncke

Cool. Ordered it

Poncke

Right, everything connected, the connector is talking to the PC but the drive wont spin, so its probably fried.

Is it possible to retrieve data from a fried drive? Considering its only the CB that fried, the data is probably still on the drive.

riclad

IF you get an identical drive swap in a new pcb, with the dead one,
eg sony drive lgt570g 500gig ,
what drive is it ,eg samsung 80gig model no lgt540
Buy identical drive on ebay or amazon .or adverts.ie for sale hardware
computers,drives

Switch off pc switch off drive ,
try it again can you feel the heads spin up,
place a finger on the top middle of the drive .
plug drive into pc,do you get icon drive detected in system tray.OR TRY DRIVE freeze trick.
put drive in sealed plastic ziplock bag.
leave in freezer for 4 hours ,
plug into pc .
you could connect drive to a pc,with ide cable, data,power off pc dvd drive .


https://www.google.ie/webhp?sourceid=chrome-instant&ion=1&espv=2&ie=UTF-8#q=swap%20in%20hd%20pcb
http://www.hdd-parts.com/take-photos.html

it needs to use the same bios firmware version as the old drive.

PCB board firmware(BIOS) transfer

What is the hard drive PCB board firmware( BIOS) ?

One PCB board includes two parts:

1. Hardware (components)

2. PCB board BIOS (data in the chip)

Why do we have to transfer the PCB board BIOS from the old board to the new board?

The PCB board BIOS includes hard drive’s UNIQUE configuration data.

The hard drive needs this UNIQUE configuration data to work.

So, we have to transfer this “UNIQUE configuration data” from the original (bad) board to the donor board, then the donor board can work on the old hard drive.

That is why swapping the PCB board without "PCB board firmware (BIOS) transfer" would not work for the most hard drives.

Is it the BIOS on the disk of the hard drive?

No, the PCB board BIOS is on the PCB board, not on the disks of the hard drive.

Hard drive PCB board firmware (BIOS) transfer

The hard drive PCB board BIOS is either in one or two independent SMD memory chip on the board or integrated into the PCB board Main IC (normally the biggest square chip on the board).

Because the hard drive PCB board is damaged, we cannot work from the port of the PCB board. So we have to work on the chip directly.

If the PCB board firmware (BIOS) is in the independent chip, we can swap the memory chip to transfer the board BIOS.

If the PCB board BIOS is integrated into the Main IC, we have to swap the Main IC.

not a simple job .