The HDD Problems Thread

[Keeper]

With all the HDD's Clicking, Dying HDD's, Losing Data, Popping circuitry I decided to Start this thread.

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What's everyone else up to with their HDD's lately? I'm trying to do a Circuitboard Transplant but am still having difficulties...

 

[werner]

keeper, i have replaced around 40 circuit boards in the last few years, what kind of trouble could you be having?
my advice: model number must be the same, all the way down to the last digit.
firmware versions have to be the same too.
apart from that, smooth sailing.

 

[Keeper]

They are both Same Model Numbers, Same Firmware - I advertised in my sig I needed THIS HDD and got a seller yesterday.

His HDD Works but when I plug the board in mine it just doesn't detect in the BIOS..and I need that data back so bad LOL

Only difference I see is the S/N (Duh), and the Date Code (07167 and 07287)

what do you think could be the problem - did I maybe Damage the Platters (cause I "accidentally" touched a chip to something metal WHILE ON and i heard it pop and smelt burnt plastic...)

 

[werner]

you could have damaged the motor on your drive. does it spin up when you apply power? apart from that, a board swopout should have cured it.

 

[Keeper]

Hmm...I can't remember but will check later tonite, and report back. (I was just so bumbed, so all I remember is it wasn't working...)

I hope we can use this thread to help each other with HDD problems - It seems a lot of people were having huge problems a while ago... (some guy actually also popped his HDD just like I did, AFTER I said "Do not move your hdd when ON"...and he DID post in the thread before it happend, so why he didn't listen, I don't know...)