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Seagate momentus 7200.4 not detected

Discussion in 'PC Hardware' started by JanJacque, 2012/09/17.

  1. 2012/09/17
    JanJacque

    JanJacque Inactive Thread Starter

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    The internal HDD of my laptop, Seagate Momentus 7200.4, is not detected by the BIOS and does not spin. I changed the HDD PCB by a PCB of a working Seagate Momentus 7200.4. The drive is spinning now, the head are moving but the HDD is still not detected by the BIOS.
    How could this be solved?
     
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  2. 2012/09/17
    BobbyScot

    BobbyScot Geek Member

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    Is the HD driver installed? Windows normally instals an HD at first power up.
     
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  4. 2012/09/18
    PeteC

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    Changing the PCB on a hard drive is a very dodgy operation and will only succeed if the drives are identical in every respect right down to the firmware and version.

    One question I would ask - did you try the working drive in the laptop before changing the PCB to confirm that the original problem was with the drive and not elsewhere?
     
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    Arie

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    Throw away the hard disk, get a new one and restore from your backup.

    Now, you didn't provide much of a history here, but since you decided to try & replace the PCB to try and 'rescue' the drive tells me you don't have a backup.

    When the drive has failed mechanically there's only one thing left to do. Contact Ontrack and get a free quote for recovery.
     
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    mattman

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    You could try making the Seagate Seatools utility boot disk (on another computer), although I agree with Pete and Arie and wouldn't hold much hope.
     
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    SpywareDr

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