Unknown Zener-Diode ???

Sep 23, 2007 2 Replies

Hello, I've got a problem. A friend of mine managed to plug in the power supply of his external harddrive upside down, which damaged both, harddrive and usb-interface. Now I'm trying to repair at least the harddisk, which has short-circuit in the 5V-supply-line, caused by a defective Zener-Diode. As it is an SMD-Diode it has no value written on it, but :



GE R610



If I had to guess, I would say it is a 5.1V, but I'm not sure. So can anybody help me. BTW the harddrive is a Seagate Barracuda 320GB/7200rpm.



Thanks in advance



Chris


DC inputs often have a regular diode across them with the anode to the + side to limit damage in the event of reverse polarity. Try just removing the diode and see if it works.

Mark Z.

Sorry - that should read CATHODE to the + side.

Mark Z.

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