Archive for July 24th, 2015
Repair of burnt smooth motor-controller chip on Western Digital drive
Problem We were recently sent a 1TB Western Digital (S-ATA) drive from Waterford. The user could no longer access their data and when they connected the drive to their Apple Mac they got a faint smell of burning. Diagnosis The user’s findings were correct. A burning smell could be detected withing 30 seconds of power-up. […]
Posted: July 24th, 2015 under Uncategorized.
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