Just got off the phone with SO tech support, $675 for a drive replacement & no update required, I'm stoked. First order of business will be to clone it to a SSD or hybrid. Of course this will all be after video connector repair...fingers crossed. Still patiently awaiting the arrival of the replacement connector
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Did you ask if you supplied a SSD drive ,ram, C-Mos batteries (for time and date memory), and bigger ram, if they would be willing to install it? -
I did not, I'd really like to see if they'd just ship my new drive to my dealer. I'm also curios if repairs like this can be financed, as I'm just a tech who's still paying for the tool itself right now. That way I could do it all without another disassembling event. Things have been dragging a bit here the last few days so I hope to call back today.JohnComment
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I would Try a cheap used drive or get the oldest SATA drive you can find cheap and have the guy that is replacing the MOBO connector test the drive health is decent, install the drive to see if things look promising with leds and spinning sound before bending over a barrel for a new $300plus HD with a Snap On Logo on bag that won't be returnable if the MOBO or Power source has bitten the dust.
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I could understand it costing a lot then, but after the MOBO conector repair I would at least try a known good used formatted Sata drive to see if the drive makes some type of sounds, LEDs blink or something happens that inspires confidence that it's just a hard drive and not a fried MOBO or bad power source. I would think certain pins to the hard drive require a certain voltage maintained at all times under load or it's destined for repeat failuresThe HDD will not have a Snappy logo on it. The cost is from the drive AND having the software pre-loaded on it already.Comment
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