My hard drive has lost 3 pins on the IDE interface, can i solder them on?
if its a new hard drive and large capacity give it a go,but i reckon its a dead end job,as the pins are about 5mm from each other and even a pro solderer would not be able to do this job without a bit of solder touching the next pin one idea would be to stick the pins in the corresponding hole on the cable and make sure there is about 1mm of the pin sticking out and then plug it into the interface,if you are lucky the pins will make a contact and you will be in luck,theres nothing to loose,i mean its only 3 pins and as long as when you get it working ,if you do,dont unplug it as the pins might not work a second time if you manage to get it working let me know by e-mail or contact my 360 page good luck
