ypaul123 Posted January 12, 2010 Posted January 12, 2010 Hi folk.my 1tb st31000340AS has died 2 days ago. i don hear any knocking comng out of it, and i hear the plates spinning fine.the problem is - it woldnt be detected in BIOS (Please, other then RMAing it to seagate, is there any other solution to this grave issue ?tnx in advance,Paul.
Ponch Posted January 12, 2010 Posted January 12, 2010 Considering yourself as "another victim", you'd suspect other have posted about that problem. Loads. Have you searched ? The 1st page of this forum ? The stickies, half of which are about Seagate 7200.11 ?
ypaul123 Posted January 12, 2010 Author Posted January 12, 2010 yesi dont know where to get those rs232 pins to use the solution suggested here : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=29FztWJVxbMthe shipping cost from fry is 80bucks ,and i have no idea where to get it in my country....please can you assist me, is there a replacement thing i could get ?
submix8c Posted January 12, 2010 Posted January 12, 2010 Video appears to suggest using USB connection with Nokia CA-42 USB cable (a cell phone adapter)Amazon-dot-com $1.99 USDRS-232 is just a Serial Port connector. The pins inside are what's used to make the "splice" connection.Do read the topics given...
ypaul123 Posted January 12, 2010 Author Posted January 12, 2010 heyi do have that cablebut i dont know where to get those connector pins from...fry.com wants 80 bucks worth of shiiping fees
ypaul123 Posted January 12, 2010 Author Posted January 12, 2010 heyi do have that cablebut i dont know where to get those connector pins from...fry.com wants 80 bucks worth of shiiping fees
submix8c Posted January 12, 2010 Posted January 12, 2010 (edited) Any "serial cable" (i.e. "COM Port Cable") will do. Just "tear it open" to get the connectors off/out... (note - you might want to get one that isn't encased in "plastic") Edited January 12, 2010 by submix8c
ypaul123 Posted January 13, 2010 Author Posted January 13, 2010 hey guysfinaly question. what if bought another HDD of the SAME model as this one (obviously with better firmware) and connect its board to the defected HDDwould that help in anyway ??
jaclaz Posted January 14, 2010 Posted January 14, 2010 hey guysfinaly question. what if bought another HDD of the SAME model as this one (obviously with better firmware) and connect its board to the defected HDDwould that help in anyway ??NO!Read:http://www.msfn.org/board/solution-seagate...-page-2246.htmlhttp://www.msfn.org/board/solution-seagate...-page-2270.htmlhttp://www.msfn.org/board/solution-seagate...-page-2274.htmljaclaz
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