Hi All,
 
I accidently plugged in my laptop power to my WD 2TB drive and then it stopped working.  A friend suggested that I take off the casing and then buy a HDD docking station.  I bought one from Ebay and it works okay as i can see the power light on etc however when I insert my drive into the slots it doesnt do anything , no whirs, no clicks, nothing.
 
There should not be any damage to the contents of the drive but I dont understand why the drive does not register with this HDD docking station?
 
If anyone can help me that would be great 
 
NicoleHi

On the My Book case there is a MDL number it's normally on a white label on the bottom of the case. Can you give me that number, so that i can check how the USB interface board works as far as over voltage conditions.
Also the full model number of the hard drive itself for the same diagnoses.
Depending on this diagnoses it maybe possible for someone  with the right soldering equipment to repair the drive for you.
Hello,

Thank you so much for coming back to me.  I have the plastic casing numbers here;

There are two but not on a white label?

P/N WDBACW0020HBK-01

S/N WMAZA8404186

On the silver SATA drive there is a white label at the top of the drive and that reads WMAZA 840 4186

There is a strip at the front of the drive that says SATA / 64MB Cache WD20EARX which I think is the model number.

A friend in work mentioned to me that the SATA wouldnt work in the HDD Docking Station as maybe it requires a new PCB to fire it up however he cant see any damage on the current one.

Any hep would be greatly appreciated.

All our childrens baby photos are on this drive oh nooooo

Thanks,

NicoleHi

The good NEWS is that you don't need a going WD My Book case so the usb to sata case you have BROUGHT will work with that drive once it is fixed.
There is 2 RESISTORS close to the power connector R64 and R67 these are 0 ohms and are there to provide some protection like a fuse. One or both are probably open circuit. Your tech at work can test that with an ohm meter.
Also check components md3 and md2 they should be high resistance like meg ohms.
If ether R64 and R67 are open, they need to be bridged if you do this with wire or solder make sure it is only to get the data off as the drive will no longer have over voltage protection.
If MD2 or MD3 is short circuit then they can just be removed.
 
You can't exchange boards on this hard drive without swapping the IC labeled u12
If the data is important then have a specialist do the above.
 
Thank you so much for this reply.  I will share your comments with the person in our office who is very tech savvy and see if he can help.

We had the drive and the PCB out today.  When we plugged in only the PCB to a power point in the wall a white light started flashing on it.  This was the same white light that FLASHED after the power surge when the drive was still in its case.

We can look at the current board as your suggestion which is great and if we can't he advised that we can order the same model PCB from eBay listed here;

http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/PCBA-4061-705094-001-Rev-AA-WD-MY-BOOK-Control-Board-USB3-0-4060-705094-001/201355189440?_trksid=p2045573.c100033.m2042&_trkparms=aid%3D111001%26algo%3DREC.SEED%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D20131017132637%26meid%3D70e4e9f635934df6b3a835d2bd

Is that also a solution you think may work?

Thank you so much for your help here.  Very much appreciated

Nicole Hi

Sorry I should have said that it is the circuit board on the drive itself that has those components. The board from ebay is the part that converts the USB to SATA and although it could be needed if you didn't ALREADY have the replacement HDD docking station.
So the components are on the hard drive circuit board  Thanks again for all your help. 

We ordered the part from eBay last week and hopefully this will solve the problem now as the board on the hdd is working okay.  When we plugged the power into the old circuit board the white light just keeps blinking.  I've read a number of posts about this problem too and fingers crossed the new board works perfectly and can kick start some power into the drive.  It's definitely an electronic problem and the contents of the drive should be okay.  I can't see an electrical surge wiping everything out!

I'd feel so bad if we lost all our kids baby photos!!!

Thanks heaps again and I will keep you posted.

Nicole

Waiting anxiously