Hi
My dell inspiron 1545 hard disk get badSectore and gone bad.
So I bought an Hitachi hdd(type tt5sae500 b ,hgst HTS545050A7E380,p/n 0J11285,
mlc DA5280, cp/n h2t500854s7, f/w gg2obc90 , s/n 4c0y4x8m)
I connected it to my other computer and partitioned/format it no problem.
After I put it in my dell its no longer turns on and not detected by any laptop/computer.
I put another new one, and connected it to my pc and prtitioned it with no problem.
And again when i put this brand new hdd in my dell it gone broken , not turning on and not detected!!!
Whats the reason and how i can fix this hard disk.
Is the firmware corrupted somehow?
Drive fitness software shows zero GigaBytes as capacity.
Can I update its firmware by myslef with no extra hardware tool?
I've no important data on it , I just need to make it working again.
p.s:my 160gig original seagate hdd still works with my dell and pc , its only get slow and badsectors.
whats the reason behind such strange/destructive behaviour?! obviously my dell mainboard and sata connectors are ok because they still working ok with the original drive!

I would be testing that computers power supply- and not just the voltages.

I think I'm having dejavu. Didn't I just read this same post on another thread?

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