[pchelpers] Re: HDD appears and disappears

Hi : I just took a  good look at the  the sticker I bought 3  HDDS that day 
off my supplier 1 yr and a half ago it says its got 3 yrs warranty -I never 
noticed it  usually everything is only a year so I knew it was past the the 
year--- well thats good !!!-thank you for the information  I really 
appreciate it its a Sata II 300 GB--my supplier is about 15 miles from here 
so its worth taking back  Anyways its going back as soon as I can get out of 
this house  and my office they paved the driveway and did the side  to the 
back gate  so I am blocked in   a full 24 hrs. I can't hop the front 
verrandah railing  because I had  5 operations on both legs I could use a 
kitchen ladder  hehehe!!! I already tried that  legs are too weak yet --I 
don't need to take a tumble mess up going to the convention - tomorrow's 
another day - thanks again Jackie



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Gregory D. Watts" <tasanarepair@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <pchelpers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, June 20, 2007 8:37 AM
Subject: [pchelpers] Re: HDD appears and disappears


> Jackie
> I have seen this twice.
> I had a 250 Hitachi that do it and a 30 WD that just did it. I spent
> days TS'ing it and came to the conclusion it is the controller. Hitachi
> and Maxtor were tow companies that for a while (I do not know if they
> still are) used the same controller but either changed the CMOS on the
> controller card or in some cases just the jumper to change the HDD size.
> What I mean is Maxtor made all drives with the exact same size platters
> say 120GBHDD but put but altered the controller either by jumpers or the
> CMOS on the controller.
> This practice is going away or hopefully ahs due to issues of stability.
> If you can find the exact same drive on eBay or a friend that they drive
> is dead (platters bad or read/write heads bad) but the controller is
> good you can swap controllers and see if that fixes it. I know of
> several that have had success in that area. In my case it is more cost
> effective for me to toss a 250GB HDD and buy a new one then mess with
> it. I can get my stock cheaper then Wal-Mart can so a 250GB HDD is
> nothing to me in cost, in fact in some cases a defective drive off eBay
> may cost more so I never bothered with trying it.
>
> Gregory D. Watts
> www.tasanacomputers.com 931-823-2221
> CompTIA A+/Dell Certified Systems Expert/PCRT/PCO
> Computer-Support http://tinyurl.com/2fzrmu
> Dell Certification Group http://tinyurl.com/345mnp



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