Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!cbosgd!ihnp4!homxb!homxc!rps From: rps@homxc.UUCP Newsgroups: comp.sys.att,comp.sys.ibm.pc Subject: Re: Busted Harddisk Message-ID: <627@homxc.UUCP> Date: Wed, 8-Jul-87 14:20:48 EDT Article-I.D.: homxc.627 Posted: Wed Jul 8 14:20:48 1987 Date-Received: Sat, 11-Jul-87 11:20:12 EDT References: <613@homxc.UUCP> Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories, Holmdel Lines: 35 Keywords: Seagate Harddisk Xref: utgpu comp.sys.att:597 comp.sys.ibm.pc:4780 Summary: HD now fixed In article <613@homxc.UUCP>, rps@homxc.UUCP (R.SHARPLES) writes: > > HELP!! HELP!! > > Well, it finally happened, 4 days out of warrenty, my Seagate ST-225 gives > up the ghost. It didn't crash, it just failed to start spinning. It is > getting power from the computer and the controller is working, the motor > just doesn't turn. ... > I believe that the reason the motor doesn't turn is because the > electronics on the bottom of the 225 have fried, not because the motor > or platters are bad. My idea is to swap the circuit board on the bottom > of the drive with the one on the bottom of another 225 I have. ... > > Russ Sharples > homxc!rps > GOOD NEWS! The act of removing the circuit board and reinstalling it fixed the harddisk! It must have been a loose or dirty connector on the PCB, a loose wire on the connector block, or the motor was stuck in some strange postion where it could not get started (doubtful). Of course, I am now worried about the thing dying again while writing out data or something, I'll have to see. I will back it up daily for a while. Russ Sharples homxc!rps NOTE: The above in NO WAY reflects the opinions of AT&T. These opinions are my own and the results of un-scientific and highly irregular analysis methods.