Hello!

I have a problem with a Hitachi Travelstar HTS548060M9AT00.
On last weekend I have changed some parameters with hdparm on Linux, because the harddisk was a little bit slow.

After the next reboot some minutes later, the hd didn´t spin up again
The bios is not able to detect the hd correctly. I think the firmware is corrupted.

Is there any way to reflash the firmware, even if the bios isnt able to detect the harddisk?

Thanks in advance.
sasi

PS: sorry about my poor english

Are you sure it's not spinning?
If it's not spinning it looks like not a firmware problem. Either PCB is dead or the heads are stuck to the platters.
You can open the drive and if the heads are not on a parking ramp you can try to move them gently to the parking position by slowly rotating platters. But that's just for data recovery - I wouldn't use this drive after that.

Yes, I am really sure that it isnt spinning.

I switched off all fans and there is nothing to hear, only a single quiet click from the headers.

Maybe I should try your advice.
But I still have warranty until 22th april. I am not sure if I am able to open and close the device, without leaving any mark.

sasi

Opening the drive will for sure invalidate the warranty.
I would do that only if I care about the data and don't have money for professional data recovery company.