HITACHI Travelstar HTS424040M9AT00

[security_buck]

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

[beto]

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

[Amarbir[CDR-Labs]]

Hi Beto ,

Right Said ,And The Sequence Was Great Too

[Starling]

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?

[maestromjd]

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

[pcimage]

Slight ticking usually means heads stuck

Completely dead usually means PCB bad

[maestromjd]

What does no detect in BIOS indicate?

[pepe]

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

PCImage has the point.

pepe