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Well it seems to be a controler chip or interface failurevon the drive. The motor is spinning; there are no clicks. But the drive is not "seen" by the BIOS.
by badmash69 16y ago
Well it seems to be a controler chip or interface failurevon the drive. The motor is spinning; there are no clicks. But the drive is not "seen" by the BIOS.
Gparted etc. software based solutions failed as the drive could not be see,
I took the drive out , put that on my eSata external drivevay -- same problem -- the drive would spin but no the drive would be invisible.
- patrickgzill 16y agoIn my case, I searched for a donor drive that was as close as possible to what I had, on eBay, bought it and that worked. It will certainly be the cheapest thing to try. It sounds like the mechanical part of the drive is working fine, and it is reasonable to assume the data is still there; so swapping motherboards is the least expensive and least stressful way to go.
- badmash69 16y agoYour suggestion is awesome . I have never done motherboard swapping on a haddrive-- but could you please blog about it and post a link here. Right now, given the state of mind I am in, I am too nervous to try it on my own.