Would 12v going into the 5v kill a harddrive?

[Loony]

Long story short I had swapped the 12 and 5v lines on a molex connector to run a set of fans at 5v. My girlfriend connected another molex on that string to a SATA power adapter and then into her harddrive which means the hdd was getting 12v in the 5v and 5v into the 12v. Would that kill it? It won't power up at all, the rest of the computer is fine.

I'm pretty sure it's bricked but I want a second opinion.

[rjlewis86]

RMA it, it's just had 2.4 times it's normal voltage through it so pretty sure it's a brick

[dengyong]

[Loony]

I bought it 4 years ago, can I RMA? It's the data I care about, I have more drives. Meh...

Thanks for the verification guys!

[tiro_uspsss]

I bought it 4 years ago, can I RMA? It's the data I care about, I have more drives. Meh...

Thanks for the verification guys!

if its a seagate, yes u still can RMA it

[Razmatazz]

It's the data recovery that may pose a challange...from a $$$ standpoint that is.

[XS Janus]

I killed 2 mobos and a CPU along with hdd, by turning the molex wrong and connecting it to drive cage on two sepperate occasions...
You are lucky...

[One_Hertz]

The PCB will be quite dead indeed...

[alexio]

The same thing happened to me one time and my drive was dead too.

If data is important you could buy another unit of the exact same model and switch PCBs. I'd search the web if that is at all possible with your brand. Maybe the (unique) serial numbers of the PCB and mechanical part need to match for that to work. I'm not sure though, but I thought I read something like that once.

[One_Hertz]

If data is important you could buy another unit of the exact same model and switch PCBs. I'd search the web if that is at all possible with your brand. Maybe the (unique) serial numbers of the PCB and mechanical part need to match for that to work. I'm not sure though, but I thought I read something like that once.

That is dangerous even if all the numbers match. There is unique firmware on every single drive's PCB. It might work out of luck... or it might make things work. If the data is truly important then send it to a data recovery pro, but it will cost you.