Rant: I told a customer their 'dead' drive was unrecoverable, then a $30 USB adapter proved me wrong

Hannah Wells · 2026-09-10T09:25:09.009368+00:00

Client brought in a 2019 Seagate that wouldn't spin up and I quoted them $900 at a clean room in Dallas. Turns out the SATA board had a shorted TVS diode, swapped it with a donor and the thing mounted fine, cost me 20 minutes and a lot of crow. Anyone else keep a stash of donor boards for this exact mess?

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Rant: I told a customer their 'dead' drive was unrecoverable, then a $30 USB adapter proved me wrong | Computer Technicians - Talk Freely