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mruschmann
 Post subject: New to HDD Repair - Hitachi 2 TB - Bios Cannot find Drive
PostPosted: January 7th, 2016, 21:41 
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I have a Hitachi 2 TB HD internal
- HDS5c3020ALA632

(1) I would like to know if it is a good idea to replace the PCB? What troubleshooting should I be looking for?
- The drive cannot be discovered by the motherboard during POST
- The Drive is not making any crazy sounds
- I managed to boot to the drive once ... but it froze up

(2) Can I take the PCB off the bottom of the Hard Drive and get a part number to google?

(3) Any tips?

Thanks, Mike
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mruschmann
 Post subject: Re: New to HDD Repair - Hitachi 2 TB - Bios Cannot find Driv
PostPosted: January 8th, 2016, 1:14 
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The hard drive does spin up
When I boot via livecd and plug the drive in via usb ... it just keeps error'ing looking for the drive
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pcimage
 Post subject: Re: New to HDD Repair - Hitachi 2 TB - Bios Cannot find Driv
PostPosted: January 8th, 2016, 3:30 
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If the drive spins up then it's 99% likely the PCB is OK, almost certainly a fw issue.

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mruschmann
 Post subject: Re: New to HDD Repair - Hitachi 2 TB - Bios Cannot find Driv
PostPosted: January 8th, 2016, 13:16 
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Sadly ... it is having trouble booting start up repair disk or livecd with consistency. I am gonna install liveUSB on my laptop and see if it is the motherboard.
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 Post subject: Re: New to HDD Repair - Hitachi 2 TB - Bios Cannot find Driv
PostPosted: January 8th, 2016, 19:06 
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mruschmann wrote:
Sadly ... it is having trouble booting start up repair disk or livecd with consistency. I am gonna install liveUSB on my laptop and see if it is the motherboard.


It will do if it's got fw issues, doubt there's anything you can do DIY on this one :-(

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