What am I getting myself into? (Hard drive question)

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From: wang
Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1993 08:13

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I have a hard drive from a friend who has accidentally
plugged the DC connector BACKWARDS. Undoubtedly, it is
now non-functioning. My question is: is it possible to
fix such a drive? If so, how involved would it be?  My
assumption is that there should be some protective
circuits on the drive which prevents a reverse current
to pass to the other components. If so, I may just have
to replace a couple of diodes. Could it be that simple?

The drive is a Seagate ST-251-1.

Peter

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Subject: What am I getting myself into? (Hard drive question)
Date: 26 Jan 1993 00:13:13 -0800
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