A Deathstar thought

MJOMJO Denmark New
edited October 2003 in Hardware
I have stated in my sig that I am still bitchin about my Deathstar.

But I was wondering if there is even a glimpse of hope retrieving my data.

It began acting up earlier this year, I have done some umm... retrofitting that is why I have not RMA'ed it.

I am wondering now if it would help changing the PCB?

The thing is that a pin in the connector broke off and I dunno how well the soldering job is holding up.

When connect the drive the computer freezes it will not even post.
It is also making an odd whirring noise.

Could this be because of a bad connection in the connector?

Or is it a sign of a total meltdown of my Deathstar.
The most expensive paperweight in the house.

Shorty knows how many headaches this drives has caused.

Comments

  • FormFactorFormFactor At the core of forgotten
    edited October 2003
    Sorry, I probably cant help much. But I am interested in finding out what exactly your Deathstar is.

    Is your a Deathstar casemod? If so do you have any pics?
  • edcentricedcentric near Milwaukee, Wisconsin Icrontian
    edited October 2003
    nono no, IBM Deskstar hdd.
    I have now had my third fail, this one was a replacement for one of the originals. I bought three, two failed and were rmad. One of those has now failed. One of the originals is still working fine.

    I have found that in the early stages of failure they are very position sensitive. They run better standing on their side than laying flat. Hey, it let me retrive my wifes 'favorites' folder.
  • Mr_BojinglesMr_Bojingles Northern Michigan New
    edited October 2003
    I remember reading about this guy who wanted to retrive his data from a dead hdd. He bought an identical drive to the one he had and switched the platters out....and bam! He had all his data back...or something like that :D Though this would be the expensive and risky procedure to get someones data back
  • WuGgaRoOWuGgaRoO Not in the shower Icrontian
    edited October 2003
    how do u get ur sig to do that?!?!?!
  • MJOMJO Denmark New
    edited October 2003
    Deathstar = IBM Deskstar

    WuGgaRoO, are you talking about my sig?

    It ain't exactly a Deathstar, but it is as close as you can get.
    At the moment.
    Imperial Star Destroyer Casemod
  • WuGgaRoOWuGgaRoO Not in the shower Icrontian
    edited October 2003
    yes i am talking about ur sig
  • MJOMJO Denmark New
    edited October 2003
    You can find more info here:
    www.danasoft.com

    You can create a custom sign for you sig.
  • SimGuySimGuy Ottawa, Canada
    edited October 2003
    You can switch the PCB's on 2 hard disks, provided they are identical right down to the firmware revision. I've had a customer come in before that needed his data retrieved. It was an old Maxtor 20 GB drive. I had a spare drive in the back, checked it and sure enough, it was a Maxtor 20 GB drive.

    Carefully unhooking the PCB from the good drive, I attached it to the old drive (removing it's PCB and making the proper connections). Put the drive into a PC, fired it up and the drive worked without a problem. Copied all the data off of the hard disk to a new Western Digital and he was off to the races. Made $900 that day ;)

    It can be done... but you need an identical drive to donate its' PCB. :)
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