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| Thread ID: 93412 | 2008-09-15 10:02:00 | Dead Hard Drive? | lflashl (4471) | Press F1 |
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| 705364 | 2008-09-15 10:02:00 | woke up, and found that my SATAII 500Gig Seagate drive was not being seening by the bios/windows/linux(when it lets me boot in). Ive tryed a number of things to try and get the data off, but looks like a lost cause, was going to buy the same hard drive, and change the PCB board to see if i can get it working. do people thing this would work, or should i try the frezzer trick! | lflashl (4471) | ||
| 705365 | 2008-09-15 10:05:00 | Have you checked to see if the power / data cable has come out?? If its connected with a molex adapter? |
Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 705366 | 2008-09-15 10:18:00 | Have tried on another computer with both a molex adapter, and from the PSU, also change the sata cables, and sata ports on both comptuers. Can feel the drive spining up. | lflashl (4471) | ||
| 705367 | 2008-09-15 10:30:00 | Take it back and replace it | Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 705368 | 2008-09-15 10:34:00 | Take it back and replace it trying to save the data is the key question here! |
lflashl (4471) | ||
| 705369 | 2008-09-15 12:25:00 | Freezing probably won't do any good, (or make it worse) that's usually only for when the drive won't spin up at all or is making bad noises - and as a last attempt If it's not detecting at all, it may be an idea to give a board swap a try - at least it's easy to do. If it's detecting but not as anything recognisable or the name is wrong then it could be the board is fine but the system area is corrupted, which can't easily be fixed without expensive equipment and special software *Edit: just to add, if the drive has a SATA-I speed limit jumper, try putting this on (or taking it off) have you tried it on a different PC? |
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