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wd1600BEVS-22RST0

the drive wont spin up, the computer freezes duing post at Detecting drives.
no drive activity led, drive seems to be dead..

what should be the first step to figure out whats wrong?

It depends of what you want as a result.
If you need a working laptop, just change hdd to a new.

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Was the drive dropped? Can you hear it trying to spin? Is there any visible damage to the components on the drive's PCB?

Check if the 12 / 5 volts are not shorted. If so Check diodes. Do not plug into the same machine again but a proper power supply or an outlet behind a UPS.

If power is ok and not spinning then its more complicated and could be one of two. PCB damage / Spindle seized. (because you said its not spinning up)

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Put your ear to the drive when it is receiving power, is it making a musical sound?

if so, spindle is being stopped by something, either the spindle itself is seized, or the heads are stuck to the disks causing the seizure.


If there is no sound at all, it is likely the PCB.

The laptop (?) gets as far as the POST screen, so there can't be a short on any supply rail. In any case, I expect that this 2.5" drive has only a single 5V supply.

no sir, it wont even trying to spin.

voltages gets into the drive, i can feel that the controller chip, gets warm by time.

post pic of pcb.