seagate spins but no read noise. diagnosis needed!

[lseba]

hi, im a newby in this. my external hdd started with read problems, and when trying to get the data out with getyourdataback for fat. it died. stoped making read noise and not recognized by BIOS anymore.
all the problem began when i did a change in partition size. the partition was not recognized, then i tried gydb for fat to recover the data and then it died.

how could i know if its a heads problem or a pcb? im lookinfor a donor disk already. im doing all this because i cant afford the U$s600 that data back companies charge me.

the disk:
seagate 250 gb ide 7200.8
model st3250823a
firmware 3.01
serial n 5nd06fvv

in advance thanks

lseba
argentina

[lseba]

you mean like analyzing with mhdd?

[lseba]

i run mhdd and it says drive not ready. the disk spins, but no read noise

[rameez]

no he means that u should connect COM cable for using terminal commands on seagate and then use any software for using terminal command eg hyper terminal then chek its condition and post it here so u can be helped furthur .

[lseba]

thanks , ill try it and then post my results

[lseba]

hi. i dont know if you guys will read this post. after a wile, i was finally able to buid the serial interfase for the seagate drive. i conected and hyper trminal throws nothing.
the conection setingd were: flux control: nothing
parity: nothing
bauds: 2400
data bits:8

i dont know if this is really working or the results(nothing) means something.
the drive still spinning

[pcimage]

baud rate is usually 9600

[lseba]

ok, ill try it and send the results
thanks

[lseba]

finally got something from the hyper ter,inal.

Interface task reset
4096k x 16 buffer detected
TONKA - 1_Disk S.00 01-27-05 12:46

Buzz - Interface task reset
4096k x 16 buffer detected
TONKA - 1_Disk S.00 01-27-05 12:46

Buzz - Interface task reset
4096k x 16 buffer detected
TONKA - 1_Disk S.00 01-27-05 12:46

Buzz -


and that was it.
doest it means something?