I agree with RetiredChief in that you should test for short circuits at the HDD's SATA power connector before powering it up again. It's the hard drive's PCB that has most likely sustained the damage, not the USB-SATA bridge board in the enclosure, although it, too, may be faulty. Pin one is farest away from 15 Pin Pwr connector.

Pins 13 -> 15 160 K ( for a 2 1/2' drive should be an open)įor 7 Pin Data Connector: (SATA,_Serial_Advanced_Technology_Attachment) Pin 11 58 K ( this is an optional pins so may vary between brands/models) Ohms check, Black meter lead to a screw hole (ground). Pin 1 is closest to the Data Connector (7 Pin). Then if readings look OK then try the drive in a new enclosure, or directly into a PC.ĭrive upside down, looking at pins. (3) If you have a DVM, this is what I would do, I would first measure all the pins on the two connectors (power and Data) and compare them to a set of readings from a known good drive. Is it one of the small 'notebook' 2 1/2 In drives or is it the larger 3 1/2 in drive. (2) what I would do is buy a cheap USB enclusure and R&R the enclosure. Could use a DVM to verify that the HDD is not shorted first. However I would be reluctant to connect it to my computer directly. (1) ^ has a good point, the problem could be the enclosure, or the HDD.

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