who has deskstar gxp 75 dtla-307060 electronics?

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An IBM deskstar DTLA-307060 has just crashed. I pulled it out of the pc
and tested it on another. You can feel the disk spin but the drive is
not accessible nor is it recognized in the bios. The spinning of the
platters seem to indicate that the a component of the electronics board
has failed. Is the fact that it is not accessible or recognized while
the disks spin a confirmation of that?

Anyway, before resorting to a professional recovery service, I would
like to know if someone has a similar drive laying around and of which
the disk has crashed. Would he or she be willing to send me the
electronics thereof? It looks like it is easy to replace the board.
 
jrt said:
An IBM deskstar DTLA-307060 has just crashed. I pulled it out of
the pc and tested it on another. You can feel the disk spin but the
drive is not accessible nor is it recognized in the bios. The spinning
of the platters seem to indicate that the a component of the
electronics board has failed. Is the fact that it is not accessible
or recognized while the disks spin a confirmation of that?
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Not completely, the electronics thats inside the 'sealed'
enclosure, the head amplifier etc could have failed.
 
An IBM deskstar DTLA-307060 has just crashed. I pulled it out of the pc
and tested it on another. You can feel the disk spin but the drive is
not accessible nor is it recognized in the bios. The spinning of the
platters seem to indicate that the a component of the electronics board
has failed. Is the fact that it is not accessible or recognized while
the disks spin a confirmation of that?

Anyway, before resorting to a professional recovery service, I would
like to know if someone has a similar drive laying around and of which
the disk has crashed. Would he or she be willing to send me the
electronics thereof? It looks like it is easy to replace the board.
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You're aware of the history of that drive model and had no backup?
http://www.anandtech.com/guides/viewfaq.html?i=71
 
jrt said:
An IBM deskstar DTLA-307060 has just crashed. I pulled it out of the pc
and tested it on another. You can feel the disk spin but the drive is
not accessible nor is it recognized in the bios. The spinning of the
platters seem to indicate that the a component of the electronics board
has failed. Is the fact that it is not accessible or recognized while
the disks spin a confirmation of that?
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For the vast majority the 75GXP is fast and reliable.
Anyway, before resorting to a professional recovery service, I would
like to know if someone has a similar drive laying around and of which
the disk has crashed. Would he or she be willing to send me the
electronics thereof? It looks like it is easy to replace the board.
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Your anti-IBM slime campaign has now been widely discredited.
 
Previously chrisv said:
jrt wrote:
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For the vast majority the 75GXP is fast and reliable.
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Well, if 10% of there drives were trash, then IBM lied. It also
seems that all sold here were trash. Your statement is definitely
untrue if geography is taken into account.

Arno
 
Arno said:
Well, if 10% of there drives were trash, then IBM lied. It also
seems that all sold here were trash. Your statement is definitely
untrue if geography is taken into account.

Arno
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I don't want to get into IBM bashing. I had taken note of all the
discussions relating to the quality of the deskstar series, but I have
had that drive some 6 or 7 years and it had functioned to my
satisfaction. It's my own fault that I did not take the signals of an
impending failure (smart, but not me) serious. So I have no one else to
blame than myself. But that does not get me anywhere.

Does anyone have an old, and maybe dead, DTLA 307060, or higher
capacity, laying around? I am assuming that the mb will read, if
possible, the hard disk of the 307060..
 
I don't want to get into IBM bashing.
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Hey, it's babblemouth you're talking to.
I had taken note of all the
discussions relating to the quality of the deskstar series, but I have
had that drive some 6 or 7 years and it had functioned to my
satisfaction. It's my own fault that I did not take the signals of an
impending failure (smart, but not me) serious. So I have no one else to
blame than myself. But that does not get me anywhere.

Does anyone have an old, and maybe dead, DTLA 307060,
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or higher capacity,
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Or lower.
IBM have capacity recorded on platters, not in electronics/firmware.
 
jrt said:
I don't want to get into IBM bashing. I had taken note of all the
discussions relating to the quality of the deskstar series, but I have
had that drive some 6 or 7 years and it had functioned to my
satisfaction. It's my own fault that I did not take the signals of an
impending failure (smart, but not me) serious. So I have no one else to
blame than myself. But that does not get me anywhere.

Does anyone have an old, and maybe dead, DTLA 307060, or higher
capacity, laying around? I am assuming that the mb will read, if
possible, the hard disk of the 307060..
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jrt,

The chances of a board swap proving successful with this drive is about
zero.

Don't spend too much time or effort on it - honestly.


Odie
 
Previously Odie said:
With respect, I disagree, Arno. Folkrent has all the answers and
solutions. Helpful chap, too.
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Well, yes. Just the quality of the answers is a bit lacking.....

Arno
 
Folkert said:
Hey, it's babblemouth you're talking to.



Or lower.
IBM have capacity recorded on platters, not in electronics/firmware.
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I found a similar drive on ebay and am awaiting its delivery. Why
shouldn't I try? I have a "no" already.

I am aware of the difficulties, but after the first swap of the board
I'll know where I stand. And I'll know whether my assumption that since
the drive is not recognized the board could be the culprit. And then,
how easy, hard or impossible will it be to replace the head?

Let's try to be positive on the subject at hand.

Cheerio.
 
jrt said:
I found a similar drive on ebay and am awaiting its delivery. Why
shouldn't I try? I have a "no" already.

I am aware of the difficulties, but after the first swap of the board
I'll know where I stand. And I'll know whether my assumption that since
the drive is not recognized the board could be the culprit. And then,
how easy, hard or impossible will it be to replace the head?
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Let's try to be positive on the subject at hand.
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Sounds like you are in the wrong post, mate.
 
Folkert said:
Sounds like you are in the wrong post, mate.
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Oops, I thought that this group was about hardware & storage. Please
tell me where I could find more knowledgeable people then.
 
jrt said:
Oops, I thought that this group was about hardware & storage. Please
tell me where I could find more knowledgeable people then.
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Dont worry about ****nert, it's just escaped from its padded cell for a few days.
 
Previously jrt said:
Folkert said:
jrt said:
Folkert Rienstra wrote: [...]
Let's try to be positive on the subject at hand.
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Sounds like you are in the wrong post, mate.
Cheerio.
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Oops, I thought that this group was about hardware & storage. Please
tell me where I could find more knowledgeable people then.
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qYou are in the right group. Folkert is just the resident agressive
(but not very bright) attack dog that tries to dominate what is being
said here, like it was his turf. Ignore him. I have him in my
killfile for quite some time now (years, I think) and this group is
far more pleasent without him.

Arno
 
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