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Caronte
 Post subject: Seagate FreeAgent Desktop
PostPosted: July 26th, 2009, 0:40 
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Hello there fellow HDD's gurus.

I have a Freeagent desktop 500Gb, inside of it is a Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 500Gb(st3500620as).
The problem: when the drive is powered up, this sound begins and the PC won't detect the drive.

In your experience, you know what is going on here? how to fix it?
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pcimage
 Post subject: Re: Seagate FreeAgent Desktop
PostPosted: July 26th, 2009, 8:47 
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99% likely to be dropped/knocked and have stuck spindle.

And no, you can't fix it yourself. These particular drives with stuck spindle are very difficult even for pros.

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hddmania
 Post subject: Re: Seagate FreeAgent Desktop
PostPosted: July 26th, 2009, 13:02 
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It doesn't take much to get your spindle damaged... Dropp from a coffee table or even 2' would do or a little bump on the desk...

Spildit or Beto in this forum are pros and they are closer to you.
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BlackST
 Post subject: Re: Seagate FreeAgent Desktop
PostPosted: July 26th, 2009, 16:24 
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Beto is from Mexico.... :mrgreen:
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hddmania
 Post subject: Re: Seagate FreeAgent Desktop
PostPosted: July 26th, 2009, 17:07 
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But, if you value your data, don't open it at home or in your office!!! Take it to a clean room and don't touch the platters or heads with your finger!!!!
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beto
 Post subject: Re: Seagate FreeAgent Desktop
PostPosted: July 28th, 2009, 9:33 
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Like the another gurus told u its an spindle seized problems, another of typical problems on 7200.11 Families here on mexico we got most cases with spindle problems caused by dropped, than size 0 problem , where are u based on ?

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Caronte
 Post subject: Re: Seagate FreeAgent Desktop
PostPosted: July 28th, 2009, 22:09 
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Spildit wrote:
And i'm not a pro :oops:

@Caronte
Did you drop the drive or hit the drive ?
If heads are stuck on platters you have to find a way to "unstuck" them ...

Never hit or dropped this is the strange thing.

beto wrote:
Like the another gurus told u its an spindle seized problems, another of typical problems on 7200.11 Families here on mexico we got most cases with spindle problems caused by dropped, than size 0 problem , where are u based on ?

Regards


Hola beto, I'm from Venezuela.

Guys thank you so much for sharing your knowledge!
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