When I connected power to a running Gateway M460 running Windows XP I received a blue screen and the drive ceased to spin up. The BIOS does not recognize the device and I have replaced the PCB with a same model and firmware PCB with no luck.

Does anybody have any suggestions on what I should do next?

Thanks in advance,

Lee

Replace PCB its not the solution,if u need Data back u need to check, what´s happend, u need to check ATA registers, DRDY DSC or no ERR ABRT; UNC; IDNF; etc, need to check using yours ears, if the hdd reach´s the recalibrations sound, from this way u need to build a line of action,
Sector problems
Media damaged
Spnidle problems
SA problems
Head problems
Head sticktion most common on Hitachi 2.5 or the worst Head crash

If u dont know how send to a DR company

Best Regards

Hi Beto ,

Right Said ,And The Sequence Was Great Too

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Put the original PCB back and listen to the drive carefully when powering on. Does it make slight ticking sound like it's trying to spin up or it's completely dead?

Sorry, newb question
what does the drive making a slight ticking sound, vs completely dead tell you?

Slight ticking usually means heads stuck

Completely dead usually means PCB bad

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What does no detect in BIOS indicate?

Hi,
Briefly? Nothing.
Or at most one thing: HDD is bad.

PCImage has the point.

pepe

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