Hello,i was wondering if anyone could help me with something,recently i installed a hardrive in an older Pentium based 200mgz computer that was setup AT style but had an ATX power connector...i installed everything per the manual including the pinhead..when booting the system there was a loud pop and some unusual power supply activity...when inspecting the system i found that the hardrive had slight scorch marks on the powerboard. i was wondering if there is any way possable to swap powerboards from an exact match hardrive..will the drive boot up? and will the data on the drive still be readable?..any info anyone could give would greatly be appreciated. PS i have a hardrive on order from ebay that is the same and is certified non DOA.

Well i know one of the answers, the data on the burned out hard drive is probably smoted and use is about limited to a doorstop.

I don't know how the heck you connected an ATX power supply to an AT motherboard. But if you did, I would kiss the whole system goodbye.

It's probably one of those with both AT and ATX connectors. There should be no problem using a PCB from another drive of the same model. Of course as JB points out, that may not fix it.

Dear Lord .. deliver me from amateurs. Don