What a wally! I inadvertently connected my Maxtor D540X-4D while power was on and there was a bit of a spark. I didn't try to connect it up again until recently. I connected it as the master first. It didn't work (no boot device detected). I then tried it as a slave to a working disk. It wasn't detected in Device Manager (XP) or in My Computer. I then bought a usb device to connect internal drives to a usb port...it fails to be recognised as a hard drive and can't be acessed. (the usb connector is recognised).
This hard drive has many important files (family photos/projects/etc) which I know I should have backed up. Can anyone tell me whether I can fix the problem by replacing the PCB, or does it sound a bit more complicated?
Thanks!
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Re: I shorted my 40GB!!
Hi theres a couple of ways i can think of,
1st, buy a replacement board but needs to be the same model and just replace it. you might get a cheap one from ebay.
2nd, if you phone maxtor and tell them u have a faulty hard drive, with important files they ask you to send it to them and they give you a price to get the information off, i cant remember how much it was the last time but its possible.
all the best, and gl retrieving the info..
John
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There is a jumper located near the power plug and on the label there should be a configuration table. Primary, slave or cable select. Double check to see the data ribon cable type the newer ones 7600 RPM I believe has a dense wire ribon texture for faster data transfer, I did not believe it when I first saw it eather.. I believe that may have to use the older standard ribon data cable. And check the config of that jumper
You need to set the little jumpers at the rear of the hard drive and the cd rom drive. Set the hard drive as Master and the cd rom as Slave. Both devices should then be recognized.
you are not likely get parts for a hard drive.
You simply replace them.
If you have data to remove then there is a plethora of software to down load.[ PCIspector/BadCopy Pro to name but 2]
You could also put it into the freezer overnight and try running it before it warms up.
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