I hav seagate ST380211AS.it worked fine in my pc.but one day on pc startup it failed to b detected by pc.infact now it appears as dead drive not spining at all.I checked pcb for faulty TVS but nothing seems to b burned or like any other pcb problem.Circuit board becomes warm on powering up drive after a while. here no same drive available to do board replacement experiment...........plz tell me wat i can do..................vickynasim@yahoo.com

Call a DR company in your local area and take it in for them to test and tell you what is wrong with it. Sounds like this is not a DYI for you if you want us to tell you what to do. Sorry no crystal ball to see what is wrong and by description it could be many things and better to have it looked at before you start to play around with this and loose your data.

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Iorana Haraharaini