Need a really strong glue....

[Viper87227]

I wasn't sure if this woudl be better off posted here or the HDD forum, so I am gunna give it a shot here. I figured most of the people in here are the ones actually using what I will need, so here goes....

I got a 160GB SATA drives off the forums about two weeks, ago, and did just about the stupid thing imaginable. To appease my anti-wire fetish, I wrapped the cable under the drive and around my drive bay so I woudlnty see it. W hen I plugged it in, I head a cracking noise, The plastic that protects the the little pins on the drives SATA connector broke. With it stuck in teh cable, I coudl still get it to plug in and work fine, but the cable woudl constantly come loose since it wasnt locking in. So, I managed to get the plastic piece out of the cable, but what shoudl I use to rettach it to the drive. I tried hot glue, and it holds until I unplug the drive. It snaps to tight, and rips it right back out. Anyone know of a good strong glue I could use? Something that woudl hold with a VERY little ammount. I cannot coat this in glue, I still need to get the connector on. If anyone knows of a particular glue thats not rediculosly expensive and holds like cement, let me know. I want to get this drive working again.

[1st Sgt. Burke]

Theres a craft glue....I think its made by the same company that makes "goop" its called E3000 You can get it at Wal-mart...Ive used just a dab to keep plastic togetehr and it works real good. Has not broken free yet...Ild try that...

[netcoord]

jb quick. BUT BE VARY VARY CAREFUL!!! as not to get it on the pin, a little goes a long way. make sure you mix it right. i used it to fix a plastic paper tray on my fax, and didn't put enough hardener in took like three days to cure. if you do it right it cures with-in a hour and will be stronger. just one question tho if its a SATA drive wouldn't still be under warranty?

[Old Hippy1960]

I use 5 min epoxy comes in a tube from hardware store in 2 parts not very conductive like jb weld.
It's about 2.50 a tube and next to duct tape it's a must have,
I always have a couple tubes around.

[Viper87227]

jb quick. BUT BE VARY VARY CAREFUL!!! as not to get it on the pin, a little goes a long way. make sure you mix it right. i used it to fix a plastic paper tray on my fax, and didn't put enough hardener in took like three days to cure. if you do it right it cures with-in a hour and will be stronger. just one question tho if its a SATA drive wouldn't still be under warranty?


Yes, it is still under warrenty, but I am not gonig to RMA the drive. The breaking was not becuase of a bad manufactured drive, it was 100% my mistake. Why should Maxtor be responcible for that? I am firm believer of only RMAing things that go bad because of the manufacures mistakes, not my own.

[File]

... Wuss


But anywho, yea epoxy will hold forever and STRONG

[netcoord]

my understanding is that one of the major problems with SATA is the weakness of the concector, so even if it is your fault i would send it back unless it would have happened with a SCSI or IDE drive also.

[3N1GM4]

dont use JB QWICK... jb qwick is really meant for metal to metal gluing... try getting some testors plastic model cement... it physically melts the two together and the bonds em... that would work best...

[ShaolinDragon]

I would say use epoxy, but plastic model cement sounds good :D If it melts them together could that not damage some of the components on the PCB if a small amount is splashed?

[Viper87227]

my understanding is that one of the major problems with SATA is the weakness of the concector, so even if it is your fault i would send it back unless it would have happened with a SCSI or IDE drive also.


Still not their fault. I shouldnt have pulled on the chord so hard. Either way, I picked up some model glue and it seems to be working. I am gunna put the drive thru its paces and make sure all the lockups from before are over. THanks for all the input.