One of my hard drives &quot;bricked&quot; itself, and I was able to use such a cable to unbrick it.<p>This SuperUser post talks about it: <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;superuser.com&#x2F;questions&#x2F;365999&#x2F;how-do-i-recover-data-from-my-presumably-dead-hard-disk&#x2F;366018#366018" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;superuser.com&#x2F;questions&#x2F;365999&#x2F;how-do-i-recover-data-...</a><p><a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;howto.starahead.com&#x2F;?p=61" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;howto.starahead.com&#x2F;?p=61</a><p><a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.overclock.net&#x2F;t&#x2F;457286&#x2F;seagate-bricked-firmware-drive-fix-with-pics" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.overclock.net&#x2F;t&#x2F;457286&#x2F;seagate-bricked-firmware-d...</a><p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;sites.google.com&#x2F;site&#x2F;seagatefix&#x2F;Home" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;sites.google.com&#x2F;site&#x2F;seagatefix&#x2F;Home</a><p>I had backups, but still, it was nice to be able to do this.