I took the drive to staples and the easy tech guy put it in his machine for about a minute and said the drive is completely dead. He said its not the board, it's the entire drive. Before I throw out the drive, do you think I should still try to get a new board ($50 plus about $15 for shipping)? Is there any way he could actually tell if it was the board as opposed to a problem with the plates or something without actually taking it apart?