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shoebox · Officially active! Joined: 09 Feb 2008 Posts: 2

I'm not sure what's wrong with my drive but it stopped spinning up after a power surge. It's a WD Caviar WD2500JB - 00REA0.

Check this sound clip to hear the noise it makes when I plug it into a power source. The noise is coming from spot near the IDE connector and it will not spin up.

www.boxofshoes.com/misc/dead_hd.mp3

Any idea what this could be? Perhaps bad PCB not triggering spin up? I'm guessing it's NOT the motor since it not coming from the spindle area.

salvationlaura · Deadharddrive regular Joined: 12 Mar 2008 Posts: 11

well, what's the sound like? frizzle zzzzzzzzzzzzzz or tiking pause tiking 3 or 4 seconds?

I am sorry for that I don't how to decribe the sound, I hope you can understand my meaning.
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Arkadas · Posted: Wed Mar 12, 2008 9:09 am Post subject: WD Caviar WD2500JB - 00REA0

i heard the disk voice. there are 2 probabilities.. 1. problem with disk circuit board, 2. hdd dropped.. have you dropped the disk?
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shoebox · Officially active! Joined: 09 Feb 2008 Posts: 2

it started happening after a power surge. I think it's a problem with the actuator. The arm attempts to move but will not. The arm will not reposition to the parked position. I was thinking about replacing the pcb. I guess it's worth a shot before I send it off to a recovery shop.

harddrivespecialist · Posted: Mon Mar 17, 2008 7:16 pm Post subject:

Hi!

It is seems like your heads stuck on a surface of the disk.
New PCB won't help in this case.

You need a recovery service.

Shop around for a good price.
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