"philo " <"philo "@privacy.net> wrote in message
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> Uncle Vinnie wrote:
>> Hi...I could use some help...
>>
>> Pins 1 and 2 broke off on my Hard Drive (Maxtor Plus 8)
>>
>> One is the ground, the other is Reset IDE... I assume I s/b Ok regarding
>> the ground as there are others... if not, please let me know..
>>
>> What is the function of Reset IDE?  I am concerned not to use this as a
>> primary drive, so I 'ghosted' it.  Is it Ok as a second drive, or is it
>> no longer reliable all together.. thank you...
>>
>
>
> you are right...
> there are other ground pins so if you are missing one of them
> it should not be critical
>
> the reset pin is used to reset the drive if it ends up at some
> illogical state...and is generally not needed...
> in worst case...the drive will be reset upon reboot...
> so hopefully you should be Ok to use the drive...
>
> btw: if you are are good with the soldering iron...
> once the board is removed from the drive...the pins can actually
> be replaced without too much difficulty...
>
> you can steal pins off an old drive
> 9and use the old drive for practicing your soldering techniques)

"philo " <"philo "@privacy.net> wrote in message
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> Uncle Vinnie wrote:
>> Thank you Philo.. I was also thinking I may want to get to the circuit
>> board and solder a jumper from the broken pin (board side) to the ribbon
>> cable!
>> "philo " <"philo "@privacy.net> wrote in message
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>>
>
>
> first off...
> you can probably just leave it as it is...
> especially if it's working...
> but i would not fool with the ribbon cable...
> you should probably be able to steal a few pins off an old harddrive
> though