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TP3366
 Post subject: ST3160212A spinning but not recognised in bios
PostPosted: April 12th, 2009, 19:31 
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My HD was working till yesterday. All of a sudden it died. Bios does not see it. I can hear it spinning.
Is there a way I can revive it to retrieve some data.? Like pcb swap or firmware repair?

Thanks for your help.

Tom
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TP3366
 Post subject: Re: ST3160212A spinning but not recognised in bios
PostPosted: April 12th, 2009, 19:39 
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when i power On the computer i hear the drive spinning and a few clicks. then the drive access light goes OFF and no more clicks but drive continues to spin.
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TP3366
 Post subject: Re: ST3160212A spinning but not recognised in bios
PostPosted: April 12th, 2009, 20:02 
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This drive is IDE. can you send schematic for that
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TP3366
 Post subject: Re: ST3160212A spinning but not recognised in bios
PostPosted: April 12th, 2009, 20:53 
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can I connect the rx/tx and gnd to a com port directly without teh rs232c chip etc shown in the diagram?
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pepe
 Post subject: Re: ST3160212A spinning but not recognised in bios
PostPosted: April 13th, 2009, 3:50 
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voltage levels are different for the COM port and the drive's port.

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BlackST
 Post subject: Re: ST3160212A spinning but not recognised in bios
PostPosted: April 13th, 2009, 5:27 
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Aren't step by step instructions available on videos? Not for the adapter, for recovering the data...
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TP3366
 Post subject: Re: ST3160212A spinning but not recognised in bios
PostPosted: April 13th, 2009, 19:09 
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where are those videos available? any link?

also, can i use the usb to ttl uart device instead of the serial? which program is to be used with it? hyperterminal??
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BlackST
 Post subject: Re: ST3160212A spinning but not recognised in bios
PostPosted: April 14th, 2009, 1:49 
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