External Hard Drive.... Bad Connection, How can I fix it?

[booste]

I have a western digital 250GB(I think) external HDD... It has been somewhat broken for awhile now.

It seems as if the connection is very delicate, when I get it to connect properly the slightest movement will disconnect it.

The only kind of wierd thing is, when it disconnects sometimes it comes up saying I should connect to a USB 2.0 port and I can't access it.

I have tried using a different mini-USB to USB cable so that isn't the problem...

I am not afraid to open it up, but I don't want to fully break it because I need it as space to install developer stuff and whatnot on my EEE pc 701 (With a 4GB SSD =S) which I am using until I get a job and buy a alu MB 2.0...

And I am a bit more tech savy that I think this post makes me out to be.

 

[booste]

Well, I disassembled it and it turns out it's just an ordinary 2.5" 250GB SATA drive with a sata- miniUSB adapter on it...

here's a pic (sorry for the quality)

I'm pretty sure something on that board is the problem... is there any way to fix it? Or am I able to buy another one of those adapters somewhere?

EDIT: Better quality picture taken with a crappier camera Also, it seems to be working fine now even when I move it... How could the case be affecting it?

 

[jknight8907]

A good rule is if you have to ask, you can't fix it.

Remove the hard drive from the enclosure board. Buy a new 2.5" enclosure and install the drive in that. And away you go.

 

[booste]

Yeah that's probably the right idea... I probably wrecked it from dropping it on very hard tiles... more that once .

I'll probably get an enclosure later this week