Re: [Blind-Computing] How to fix broken USB plug on external hard drive

[Mark]

Hi John, and Jacob, 
 Well, I just completed dissecting the hard drive before reading Johns
E-Mail. John, you are right in that the Minnie USB plug was surface soldered
to the small bred board in the hard drive case. It would take someone with
good eye sight, a steady soldering hand, and a lot of time to fix it.
However, I was very grateful for Jacobs idea of putting it in a new case.
This give me hope. I was able to unplug the controller FROM THE HARD DRIVE
AND FIND IT LOOKS LIKE SOME TYPE OF STANDARD hard drive data plug. However,
I do not know what type of data plug it is. I will need to sort that out in
order to find a compatible drive box. I also need to get it measured to see
what with box to be looking for. If anyone has ideas on these topics or a
good place to buy the box I would appreciate them.
 Thank you.

God bless,
Mark

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-Original Message-
From: blind-computing-boun...@jaws-users.com
[mailto:blind-computing-boun...@jaws-users.com] On Behalf Of John Justice
Sent: Wednesday, July 25, 2012 11:21 AM
To: blind-computing@jaws-users.com
Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] How to fix broken USB plug on external hard
drive

Jacob,
As I read Mark's problem, I believe that the tension clips have snapped.
These are small plates which fit tightly against the smaller type of USB
jack and keep it from moving.
If one of them snaps, that particular connector is useless.


John and Linda Justice
With guide dogs Jake and Zachary
PERSONAL E-MAIL:  john_just...@verizon.net
 
-Original Message-
From: blind-computing-boun...@jaws-users.com
[mailto:blind-computing-boun...@jaws-users.com] On Behalf Of Jacob Kruger
Sent: Tuesday, July 24, 2012 4:09 PM
To: blind-computing@jaws-users.com
Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] How to fix broken USB plug on external hard
drive

Worst comes to the worst, you can generally transfer/move the actual drive
over/into another new, healthy housing, or possibly, simply replace the
cable for that housing as such - for example, my two separate external USB
cabled hard drives are in two rather different housings, since the one is a
larger, physical dimension drive, but, smaller in terms of capacity, and
they're both actually the same internal hardware as you would normally find
with a normally mounted, internal hard drive, but just mounted in these
externally housings that then let you connect them via USB cables, and
provide power sources for them, etc. etc.

Either way, first thing to do would be to see if just cable can be replaced,
and lots of these external drive housings use various standard connector
cables of shared varieties as well.

Stay well

Stay well

Jacob Kruger
Blind Biker
Skype: BlindZA
'...fate had broken his body, but not his spirit...'

- Original Message -
From: "Mark" 
To: 
Sent: Tuesday, July 24, 2012 8:45 PM
Subject: [Blind-Computing] How to fix broken USB plug on external hard drive


> Hi
> Today I tried to plug in my USB 500 GB external hard drive. I noticed
> it didn't come up as a drive under the list of drives under windows 7. So,

> I
> started trouble shooting it. I notice that the USB Minnie jack on the 
> drive
> was a little loose. As I was examining it I heard a snap and it became 
> very
> loose. Apparently this is the problem with why the drive is not working. I
> check the cable against another device and it is good. My question is how 
> do
> I get this jack fixed? I have a lot of personal data that I need to access
> on this drive. Any ideas are appreciated.
> Thank you.
>
> God bless,
> Mark
>
> God Loves you!
> You can visit my website at:
> http://christiantraditions.info <http://christiantraditions.info/>
> Please visit my Prayer page at:
>
http://christiantraditions.info/mailman/listinfo/prayerlist_christiantraditi
> ons.info
> My Authors Page is:
> httP://www.amazon.com/author/marktorgerson
>
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Re: [Blind-Computing] How to fix broken USB plug on external hard drive

[John Justice]

Jacob,
As I read Mark's problem, I believe that the tension clips have snapped.
These are small plates which fit tightly against the smaller type of USB
jack and keep it from moving.
If one of them snaps, that particular connector is useless.


John and Linda Justice
With guide dogs Jake and Zachary
PERSONAL E-MAIL:  john_just...@verizon.net
 
-Original Message-
From: blind-computing-boun...@jaws-users.com
[mailto:blind-computing-boun...@jaws-users.com] On Behalf Of Jacob Kruger
Sent: Tuesday, July 24, 2012 4:09 PM
To: blind-computing@jaws-users.com
Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] How to fix broken USB plug on external hard
drive

Worst comes to the worst, you can generally transfer/move the actual drive
over/into another new, healthy housing, or possibly, simply replace the
cable for that housing as such - for example, my two separate external USB
cabled hard drives are in two rather different housings, since the one is a
larger, physical dimension drive, but, smaller in terms of capacity, and
they're both actually the same internal hardware as you would normally find
with a normally mounted, internal hard drive, but just mounted in these
externally housings that then let you connect them via USB cables, and
provide power sources for them, etc. etc.

Either way, first thing to do would be to see if just cable can be replaced,
and lots of these external drive housings use various standard connector
cables of shared varieties as well.

Stay well

Stay well

Jacob Kruger
Blind Biker
Skype: BlindZA
'...fate had broken his body, but not his spirit...'

- Original Message -
From: "Mark" 
To: 
Sent: Tuesday, July 24, 2012 8:45 PM
Subject: [Blind-Computing] How to fix broken USB plug on external hard drive


> Hi
> Today I tried to plug in my USB 500 GB external hard drive. I noticed
> it didn't come up as a drive under the list of drives under windows 7. So,

> I
> started trouble shooting it. I notice that the USB Minnie jack on the 
> drive
> was a little loose. As I was examining it I heard a snap and it became 
> very
> loose. Apparently this is the problem with why the drive is not working. I
> check the cable against another device and it is good. My question is how 
> do
> I get this jack fixed? I have a lot of personal data that I need to access
> on this drive. Any ideas are appreciated.
> Thank you.
>
> God bless,
> Mark
>
> God Loves you!
> You can visit my website at:
> http://christiantraditions.info <http://christiantraditions.info/>
> Please visit my Prayer page at:
>
http://christiantraditions.info/mailman/listinfo/prayerlist_christiantraditi
> ons.info
> My Authors Page is:
> httP://www.amazon.com/author/marktorgerson
>
>
> For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit:
> http://www.jaws-users.com/help/
> 


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Re: [Blind-Computing] How to fix broken USB plug on external hard drive

[Jacob Kruger]

Worst comes to the worst, you can generally transfer/move the actual drive 
over/into another new, healthy housing, or possibly, simply replace the 
cable for that housing as such - for example, my two separate external USB 
cabled hard drives are in two rather different housings, since the one is a 
larger, physical dimension drive, but, smaller in terms of capacity, and 
they're both actually the same internal hardware as you would normally find 
with a normally mounted, internal hard drive, but just mounted in these 
externally housings that then let you connect them via USB cables, and 
provide power sources for them, etc. etc.


Either way, first thing to do would be to see if just cable can be replaced, 
and lots of these external drive housings use various standard connector 
cables of shared varieties as well.


Stay well

Stay well

Jacob Kruger
Blind Biker
Skype: BlindZA
'...fate had broken his body, but not his spirit...'

- Original Message - 
From: "Mark" 

To: 
Sent: Tuesday, July 24, 2012 8:45 PM
Subject: [Blind-Computing] How to fix broken USB plug on external hard drive



Hi
Today I tried to plug in my USB 500 GB external hard drive. I noticed
it didn't come up as a drive under the list of drives under windows 7. So, 
I
started trouble shooting it. I notice that the USB Minnie jack on the 
drive
was a little loose. As I was examining it I heard a snap and it became 
very

loose. Apparently this is the problem with why the drive is not working. I
check the cable against another device and it is good. My question is how 
do

I get this jack fixed? I have a lot of personal data that I need to access
on this drive. Any ideas are appreciated.
Thank you.

God bless,
Mark

God Loves you!
You can visit my website at:
http://christiantraditions.info <http://christiantraditions.info/>
Please visit my Prayer page at:
http://christiantraditions.info/mailman/listinfo/prayerlist_christiantraditi
ons.info
My Authors Page is:
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[Blind-Computing] How to fix broken USB plug on external hard drive

[Mark]

Hi
 Today I tried to plug in my USB 500 GB external hard drive. I noticed
it didn't come up as a drive under the list of drives under windows 7. So, I
started trouble shooting it. I notice that the USB Minnie jack on the drive
was a little loose. As I was examining it I heard a snap and it became very
loose. Apparently this is the problem with why the drive is not working. I
check the cable against another device and it is good. My question is how do
I get this jack fixed? I have a lot of personal data that I need to access
on this drive. Any ideas are appreciated.
 Thank you.
 
God bless,
Mark
 
God Loves you!
You can visit my website at:
http://christiantraditions.info  
Please visit my Prayer page at:
http://christiantraditions.info/mailman/listinfo/prayerlist_christiantraditi
ons.info
My Authors Page is:
httP://www.amazon.com/author/marktorgerson
 
 
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