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The usb port has broken off, can i open it to fix




By royal_gaijin on Oct 10, 2009

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the usb port has broken off, can i open it to fix it?

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posted on Nov 15, 2009
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Potsuno1

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Well I have the WD 250GB that is dying on me right now so I open it up to see what is making the sound to my suprise I found that I could remove the USB connection to the hard drive. So I think you can fix it. Just buy a cheap hard drive and open that up and take the part from one to fix the other that is if the info on the broken hard drive is valuble to you.
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Solution #2

posted on Oct 10, 2009
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T3KK

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If you have the technical know how and feel confident with a soldering iron then you will have little problems... however, you will probably find your HD is actually a SATA drive inside...

What this means is if you remove it altogether and place it in your computer you will get a vast sopeed imporvement.

If this helped you then please help me and vote
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