hougtimo Posted August 6, 2006 Share Posted August 6, 2006 Just 4 days after my 300GB sata drive (Maxtor) burst into flames at 3am, my (now) main drive an 80gb Hitachi Deskstar seems to be going west. I tried to re-install windows after Flyakite osx rubbished it, and after the first re-boot it gave me the error "Operating System not Found". So I rebooted and tried again. But now it won't get past where it detects the hard drives. It seems to recognise it and gives it it's correct name but refuses to procede any further. I put the drive in my mums system just to see if it would work there, and it does. flawlessly. So, I thought it might be the motherboard but I tried numerous other IDE drives in it and they work perfectly. I really can't solve this one.Steps I've done so far:Tried it in another machine - successfulTried another hard drive in my machine - successfulFlashed my bios - successful, but made no differenceFormatted the drive using my mum's pc - successful, but still didn't work in my machineRun chkdsk on the drive - No errors at allSearch for physical errors - No errors.If anyone can give any tips on this. i would be most greatful. I'm not worried about saving any of the data that was on the drive, so i'll pretty much try anything lol. The drive makes no funny noises and runs nice and queitly. I really hope someone can help!Disk : Hitachi Deskstar IDE 80GB (about 2 yrs old)Mobo : Asus a8v DeluxeTHanksHougTimo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shindo_Hikaru Posted August 6, 2006 Share Posted August 6, 2006 (edited) Check your data cables, to ensure proper seatting, or try different cables. Run a full spectrum test on the drive on another computer.Next Hard Drive you get, get a Western Digital. Edited August 6, 2006 by Shindo_Hikaru Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hougtimo Posted August 6, 2006 Author Share Posted August 6, 2006 Thats if i can ever afford a new one Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shindo_Hikaru Posted August 6, 2006 Share Posted August 6, 2006 i take it you got no refund or replacement for the faulty drive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hougtimo Posted August 6, 2006 Author Share Posted August 6, 2006 Nah, both drives are over a year old, and the manufacturers wouldn't refund me. (The hitachi is about 2 yrs old). I am now running my computer from a Linux Live CD for the foreseeable future! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ripken204 Posted August 6, 2006 Share Posted August 6, 2006 burst into flames... is there any cooling for these hard drives? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shindo_Hikaru Posted August 6, 2006 Share Posted August 6, 2006 If it burst into flames, no amount of cooling would have prevented it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
puntoMX Posted August 6, 2006 Share Posted August 6, 2006 I would say the power supply is damaged.Also those drives most of the time have 3 year warranty directly, go to the site of the manufacture. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ripken204 Posted August 6, 2006 Share Posted August 6, 2006 If it burst into flames, no amount of cooling would have prevented it.well dont you think a hdd would smoke if it had no cooling at all and reached 100C? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
puntoMX Posted August 6, 2006 Share Posted August 6, 2006 No, it will stop earlier . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LLXX Posted August 7, 2006 Share Posted August 7, 2006 (edited) I remember a while ago someone else posted about a Maxtor drive that caught fire. It seems this is a recurring problem... I'd recommend WD for a replacement.You can try MHDD or Victoria (http://hddguru.com/content/en/software/) for diagnostics. Edited August 7, 2006 by LLXX Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
puntoMX Posted August 7, 2006 Share Posted August 7, 2006 Or just RMA that drive.I got a samsung too that burned, but it was a power supply problem.Seagate is great too . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tain Posted August 7, 2006 Share Posted August 7, 2006 Seagate makes decent drives but their support is hit-or-miss. I recently had a really tough time getting a replacement drive from them.WD is consistently the best with product AND service, IMHO.Maxtor is horrible.Make sure you check the warranty before you buy a new drive. You can tell a lot about a company and their products by the warranty they offer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
puntoMX Posted August 7, 2006 Share Posted August 7, 2006 Maxtor is great with support and RMA, replies within 24 hours... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spacesurfer Posted August 11, 2006 Share Posted August 11, 2006 Lucky your house didn't catch on fire!!! I assume you had to fetch a pail of water to put it out.I find "my hard drive burst into flames" a little hard to believe. But then again, it could happen.Anyway, I doubt it was another one of those "it was a bad Maxtor". I agree with puntoMX - I would suspect a bad power supply.I let you know if a year if my Maxtor SATA II is still working or not.Maxtor is great with support and RMA, replies within 24 hours...I agree. I sent a Maxtor 200 Gb PATA back to Maxtor and got a new one. I thought the HDD was messed up. But when I tried the new one, same problem. I replaced the cable and what do you know. It was the cable!!Silly me. So I always suspect the data cable first. Maxtor was nice enough to replace it, however! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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