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If it smokes then stop, it would mean that the pcb is really faulty. You can try to plug the sata pcb (without the drive) to the computer power sata cable and see if it does smoke. Do you plug it (only the Sata power cable), as your computer is already turned on?Īs 'loki' told you, all DIY comes with risks & its up to you if you accept them & continue. What about the main PCB card, do I install it again or not? and once the SATA pcb is installed on the drive. Here is a view of the PCB:Ģ0140623_202312_resized.jpg [ 804.51 KiB | Viewed 8863 times michael chiklis, to see if the disk spin, I have to install the SATA PCB card again on the disk. to my eyes all other components looks good. On the PCB (4061.705089-001 Rev.AG) We can clearly see that the chip U5 heated to much. Unboxing the HD was quite easy and took me a few minutes to do it. So from that point I decided to unbox the Mybook (not the disk itself), and see how it's look inside. I did try to connect (a few days later) the HD with it's genuine AC Power supply and the USB Cable to my Computer, but the led won't light up, and I can't hear the HD starting to spin. I realised at that point too, how difficult it will be due to the hardware encryption of the Essential HD. Started to google 'HD My book essential smoke', before doing any more damage on the HD.Īnd well after reading a lot of posts on a lot of websites, your website seems to have the most professional answers, or the answers which will give me the highest rate of chance to recover my files. Unplugged the AC power cord, and the USB cable

But after a few second it started to smell strange, l looked at the HD and a fine smoke was going out of the HD. As I forgot my AC power supply (I have two power supply and I never look at it, so I don't know how it looks like), I took the first one I so, but with that one, no light, no sound of activity. Password protected with WD SmartWare 1.4.1.1 And I apologize for my mistake(s) in English, as it is not my mother language.ġ Western Digital HD, My book Essential 1TB

I took the last 2 weeks to read your forum, but found not the exact same situation.

Wd my book essential 1tb virtual cd download