Well, I dunno. I'll experiment a bit and see what I can come up with =)

Don't think it's a repair job to be honest, seems like a factory fix.

At any rate. The drive came with 3 disks. They were in PC-format. I've extracted all the contents by connecting it to a PC machine. Despite the drive seemingly being in "mac mode".

Ah well, if nothing else I seem to be able to use it with a PC.

I'll keep you updated with any progress I make.