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the beige thing?
that's a capacitor.
On the image below, of the four metal contacts behind the Molex power connector
where I might get replacements?
the four metal contacts behind the Molex power connector
Sorry if this is moronic, but do you perhaps mean the four solder pads of the molex connector? with thick exposed wires connected to them? Right below the brown plastic?
if you mean that the tab is broken loose just re-solder it. otherwise if its not repairable, like if the tab broke off the pin, just find any old molex powered hdd and salvage one from there.
If this is the problem I would not try to replace the whole connector it will be too difficult without the right equipment to remove and resolder the part of the connector for the IDE pins. I would just solder a molex extension onto the power pins leaving the broken molex untouched.
drescherjm, you're right - it's basically unrepairable. I've gotten the drive to spin up by soldering a female Molex connector directly onto the solder pads, but I was hoping to be able to restore the drive to be able to be used in an external case. It would appear that such an opportunity is lost.
So what exactly is broken? Is that picture of the affected unit? The tabs look ok. You're not talking about the male pins INSIDE the molex connector are you?
We would need to see whats actually broken to give you a better diagnosis and action plan.
If you look closely at the rightmost connector of the four (sitting on their respective solder pads), you will see that where the previous three curl over the edge of the PCB and downwards to meet the back of their respective male Molex pins, the last one is broken and does not curl over.
Are the parts sitting on the solder pads actually the tails of the very same Molex pins?
yes that's why I said to just resolder it in the first place!Question: am I completely mistaken? Are the parts sitting on the solder pads actually the tails of the very same Molex pins? Are they basically long and flat and then bent into shape during assembly of the PCB?
yes that's why I said to just resolder it in the first place!