my HDD enclosure died :( .....

[chronic9]

Went to plug my external enclosure today and it didnt work.... after a few seconds smoke started to rise.... great!!! lol

i only paid like 15 bucks for it a few years back, but i like how it has ide/sata onboard and it looks good physically too...

i cant find a reseller of it anywhere..

any ideas if i can buy just the controller board somewhere? or am I better of trashing it and buying another enclosure?

I tried looking for burn marks and couldnt see any really... whenever i turn it on now, NOTHING happens.

 

[DonDon]

If I had it in my hands, I could prolly track down the component that let the magic smoke out. But it would not be worth the cost to ship it back and forth let alone the time and cost to get a replacement part.

You will not be able to find repair parts (the entire controller board) for that kind of equipment. It is time to shop around for a new enclosure.

Don