@tgrant2009 get yourself a USB cable, chop the end off. Then solder the wire directly to the broken drive. Plug your cable in, hopefully have the drive being recognized and pull all of your files off ASAP. Then discard the drive. To solder the wires, use the holes at the end of the traces. Use something like a scalpel to gently scrape the masking away until you get to the copper. GENTLY! Ground and the+5V is where you are having to go past the "crack" to solder it. The data line traces look like they are still intact.
Can it be done. Yes. Just take your time and solder carefully :-)
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=== Update (01/28/2023) ===
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If you connect a USB wire to the traces, and it should fail, you got a second chance by transplanting the IC. It is easier to solder a few wires to the traces than to transplant that IC. The board looks well enough to solder an "extension" wire to it.
@tgrant2009 get yourself a USB cable, chop the end of. Then solder the wire directly to the broken drive. Plug your cable in, hopefully have the drive being recognized and pull all of your files off ASAP. Then discard the drive. To solder the wires, use the holes at the end of the traces. Use something like a scalpel to gently scrape the masking away until you get to the copper. GENTLY! Ground and the+5V is where you are having to go past the "crack" to solder it. The data line traces look like they are still intact.
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@tgrant2009 get yourself a USB cable, chop the end off. Then solder the wire directly to the broken drive. Plug your cable in, hopefully have the drive being recognized and pull all of your files off ASAP. Then discard the drive. To solder the wires, use the holes at the end of the traces. Use something like a scalpel to gently scrape the masking away until you get to the copper. GENTLY! Ground and the+5V is where you are having to go past the "crack" to solder it. The data line traces look like they are still intact.
Can it be done. Yes. Just take your time and solder carefully :-)
@tgrant2009 get yourself a USB cable, chop the end of. tehn solder the wire directly to the broken drive. Plug your cable in, hopefully have the drive being recognized and pull all of your files off ASAP. then discard the drive. To solder the wires, use the holes at the end of the traces. Use something like a scalpel to gently scrape the masking away until you get to the copper. GENTLY! Ground and the+5V is where you are having to go past the "crack" to solder it. The data line traces look like they are still intact. is the one you can
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@tgrant2009 get yourself a USB cable, chop the end of. Then solder the wire directly to the broken drive. Plug your cable in, hopefully have the drive being recognized and pull all of your files off ASAP. Then discard the drive. To solder the wires, use the holes at the end of the traces. Use something like a scalpel to gently scrape the masking away until you get to the copper. GENTLY! Ground and the+5V is where you are having to go past the "crack" to solder it. The data line traces look like they are still intact.
Can it be done. Yes. Just take your time and solder carefully :-)
@tgrant2009 get yourself a USB cable, chop the end of. tehn solder the wire directly to the broken drive. Plug your cable in, hopefully have the drive being recognized and pull all of your files off ASAP. then discard the drive. To solder the wires, use the holes at the end of the traces. Use something like a scalpel to gently scrape the masking away until you get to the copper. GENTLY! Ground and the+5V is where you are having to go past the "crack" to solder it. The data line traces look like they are still intact. is the one you can
Can it be done. Yes. Just take your time and solder carefully :-)
@tgrant2009 get yourself a USB cable, chop the end of. tehn solder the wire directly to the broken drive. Plug your cable in, hopefully have the drive being recognized and pull all of your files off ASAP. then discard the drive. To solder the wires, use the holes at the end of the traces. Use something like a scalpel to gently scrape the masking away until you get to the copper. GENTLY! Ground and the+5V is where you are having to go past the "crack" to solder it. The data line traces look like they are still intact. is the one you can
Can it be done. Yes. Just take your time and solder carefully :-)