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I have a Western Digital External Hard drive My Book 500Gb USB2.0

I accidentally put in my laptop power adapter (19V) instead of the Western Digital adapter (12V) so I most likely have fried my power board. I know I can remove the hard drive and put in into a PC, but I only have a laptop. So, I'd really love to repair it.

If the power inverter board has failed - how do I replace it? I have searched for the part number (p/n 4060-705002-001rev.a) but haven't found it.

(P.S. Also it would be good if the new designs had a unique shaped power plug on the WD adapter to prevent this sort of thing happening)

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As others have suggested, buy a new hard drive enclosure, remove the drive from the old enclosure and put it in the new one. – Moab Jan 26 '11 at 18:05
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you can buy hard drive cases as well. They are pretty cheap ($20-50) and you probably can do this yourself.

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Yeah good idea - but have never seen them... I will need to ask around. – Ken Bateman Jan 26 '11 at 8:37
There's a few on ebay (shop.ebay.com.au/…), but I don't know the size of your hard drive – Enrico Susatyo Jan 26 '11 at 9:43
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