Retrieving data from a faulty Seagate drive with woodworking tools #Computers #Repair

John Graham-Cumming built a gaming computer but had the dreaded WIndows Blue Screen of Death after a few months.

I quickly realized that only one of the Seagate Firecuda 530 SSDs was detected. After some unscrewing and experimenting with the two drives in the two slots I found that one of them was dead.

Some judicious squeezing of the drive with a clamp repaired, temporarily, the issue, allowing the data to be copied off. And the faulty chip was later repaired with an SMD hot air gun.

See all the details in the post here.

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