Check this out http://community.wd.com/t5/Off-Topic-Discussions/Bridge-Boards/td-p/353839 and you might be able to find a board on Ebay. It will explain a bit about the boards.If you have a reliable electronics repair shop they may be able to clean the glue off and resolder the port. One trick was to solder the port on with really fine wires instead of drectly to the board. It did make the drive usable for recovery. This drive is hardware encrypted by the bad board. I think it used a proprietary coinnection and won’ be simple to connect as an internal or in another case. That’s about all I can offer.
Joe
