| Author |
Message |
Chris Wiitamaki
| | Posted on Tuesday, February 26, 2002 - 7:49 am: | |
I have a hard drive that stopped spinning yesterday morning. I didn't make any hardware or software changes - just turned the system on and it reported that an OS couldn't be found on any device. After temporarily stopping the processor fan so I could hear better, the hard drive is definitely silent. Both the floppy and CD-ROM still have power and are functional.
Can the hard drive (or data it contains) be salvaged?
Thanks |
E.S.
| | Posted on Tuesday, February 26, 2002 - 8:58 am: | |
The Hard drive no spin problem usually means the motor or controller is bad, or you could try a different molex connector from you PSU just in case the one connected has gone bad. Hopefully that is the case. If it is the controller, you can get a used Hard drive (same brand and close model #) and swap the controller board fetch your data off the drive that way. |
Chris Wiitamaki
| | Posted on Wednesday, February 27, 2002 - 11:02 am: | |
Thank you for the help! After looking closely at the controller, I could see burn damage to one of the chips on the circuit board. I found an identical drive, unscrewed the circuit boards from the drives and swapped them. The old drive now works just like new. |
E.S.
| | Posted on Wednesday, February 27, 2002 - 11:47 am: | |
That seems to be a very common fix lately. |
Philippe XAVIER
| | Posted on Tuesday, May 14, 2002 - 7:21 am: | |
Hello from France
I have the same problem but don't know where to find controller to swap on my HD
I have a Quantum Fireball 40GO UDMA
I'm afraid to loose 30GO of datas !!!!!
Please HELPPPPP !!!!!
Thx for answer .......
pxavier@carat.fr |
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