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i took off the the diodes and it powered on! got all my data off onto a new HD! very happy this worked out. Now I just wonder if i should keep the old HD and replace either the diodes or the logic boa ...

When youre talking about power spike damage, youre talking about after ive gone through the process of removing them and getting the hard drive working, correct?

What i am considering is taking of ...

i guess what im asking moreso is if it is "safe" or "ok" to remove the diodes, as in, doing so doesnt run a likely risk of screwing things up more or damaging other aspects of the hard drive.

If im ...

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i mentioned before that im getting no reading from either diode. Is it possible to remove both of them and still have the hard drive work?

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i have put it into a computer and the computer wont turn on. since this is the case and the tvs "did its job" what would be the logical next step?

so im pretty sure what i meant to say was that i was testing the resistance. i had the multimeter prongs at opposing ends of what i think are the diodes you are talking about and have been mentioned i ...

i was using a multimeter to get the readings. is that still incorrect? also, are the chances pretty good that as long as i fix that that the hard drive will work? additionally, can i just take em both ...

i tried checking the voltages of what i think are the tvs chips youre talking about. from what i had read, i should have gotten a voltage reading from one and not from the other, and to remove the one ...

Im having the problem where i put the wrong adapter in the drive and now when put into any casing or pc, it does not allow for said enclosure to power up, in turn not allowing me to attempt to pull da ...