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    Can I retrieve my data from dead dv9000?

    Discussion in 'HP' started by moodywop, Jan 14, 2010.

  1. moodywop

    moodywop Notebook Guru

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    After 2 motherboard replacements my 2yr old dv9000 has fried the motherboard again and is out of the enhanced warranty. It is completely dead, won't power on at all, I'm certain it's the motherboard as the notebook did the same exact thing each time it died. Would the motherboard being fried ruin the hard drive? I've never opened up a notebook before but I'm willing to try. Anyone know of any good basic tutorials for a novice?
     
    moodywop, Jan 14, 2010
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  2. brianstretch

    brianstretch Notebook Virtuoso

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    The easiest thing to do would be to remove the notebook's battery, remove the HD, remove the proprietary HP adapter from the HD's SATA connectors, plug the drive into a SATA to USB adapter and hook it up to a working computer. Or, you can plug the drive into a desktop PC's onboard SATA port directly.

    Fried NVIDIA GPUs can be resurrected but the fix won't necessarily last long. See:
    http://forum.notebookreview.com/showpost.php?p=4792475&postcount=15
    Read from that point forward in the thread.
     
    brianstretch, Jan 14, 2010
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  3. Bullit

    Bullit Notebook Deity

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    ...or buy an 2.5" usb enclosure, they are cheap, put the disk inside it. Most of times Disk are okay and not affected by fried MB. You can now at least salvage the data and use the disk as a backup of some sort.
     
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    moodywop Notebook Guru

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    Thanks, that's good news! I knew this notebook was going to fry again and had backed up my data a week before. Just need a few things off the drive and it's a relief to bid HP arrivederci, ciao cretini!!!
     
    moodywop, Jan 14, 2010
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