Hard drive failure because of cable and connector...

[elite.mafia]

ok so today when i booted up my comp, it says RAID ERROR PRESS F4 now to enter raid configuration utility. I open up my comp, and look at the cable, its no longer attached to the hard drive. Not only that, the plastic conector on the hard drive melted onto the cable. its an SATA drive. Will getting a new cable fix this, or do i need to get my hard drive fixed? This is infact the drive with windows on it, and I can't even use my own computer now! will a new cable work, or does that plastic piece on the hdd around the sata connecter need to be there? please respond soon!

[GlobalFear]

How the hell did it melt?

[GeForceX]

I believe SATA HDD's can get hot. It must've been under extreme load. Maybe it's a malfunctioning HDD or just simply a mistake that it was overloaded. Get a HDD cooler or some case fans to cool it by.

-J.

[Ice Czar]

A. The Data Cable has extremely low voltage power running through it so that wasnt it

B. If the drive actually got hot enough to melt that cable, it has a borked bearing

C Recovery of any type is going to be very expensive

just RMA the drive

[elite.mafia]

I can't RMA it its a seagate baracudda and is a year old, and its also OEM from www.abspc.com The problem is the part melted into the cable, and somehow there was a clean break off, cus no sharp spots, white plastic, but it sure as hell melted, it was hot, and is shaped differently. Are you guys sure I don't need that tiny little piece of plastic on my hard drive? cus if thats the truth, im gonna need to erase my other drive, buy a copy of windows (or get a warez copy, i have a windows key) god im pissed, im gonna go search my abspc binder for any hdd warranties...

[Ice Czar]

check the warranty
http://support.seagate.com/customer/warranty_validation.jsp

and discussing warez is against forum rules
something you might want to pay careful attention to when replying to a moderator :p

your sure its the data cable and not the power cable?

[elite.mafia]

sorry but I have windows already and I have a legit cd key, just ABS ripped me off and didnt give me the actual windows cd key. Sorry for warez talk.

ya its out of warranty:
Warranty Validation


End User
Serial Number
Model Number
Part Number
Warranty Status
(*see details below) Options
(*see details below)
3JV0QXVL ST380013AS 9W2812-301 Expiration 12-JUN-2004 Out of Warranty --> Contract Repair Only



Out of Warranty
This drive is out of warranty with Seagate. Repair service for out of warranty products is available only to contracted customers.

I can take a picture of the problem, but it wont do much good.... my camera sucks at close range.... anyways heres a few pics with it in front of my emachine (mom's comp actually)
The plug with more metal on it is the power cable, and the smaller ne is the one thats broke. On the right one there is a plastic thing ontop of it, and on the left one, its obviously broken off.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v239/mikestrike/IMGP1311.jpg

GREAT im screwed, i tried the other side of it, and well, that didnt go well. It doesnt latch on or anything. the only thing i can thing of is taping it on, but I REALLY dont want to risk the metal coming off or something like that. WHAT CAN I DO??? PLEASE HELP!!!