who has deskstar gxp 75 dtla-307060 electronics? 2nd trial

[jrt]

A while ago, before I went fishing, I started a topic with the
following:

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.

On reading the initial responses I wrote:

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.

And finally:

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.

That's when the discussion went lively south with Folkert, Ren, Arno
a.o. discussing each other's qualities but not helping me along. (BTW,
my bid on a similar drive did not make it. Some persons are willing to
bid more than I did). I went fishing.

SO: does someone has a deskstar lying around that they want to part
with it's motherboard?

What do I have to loose by trying? Then I can still get professional
help.

Cheerio.

 

[Rod Speed]

A while ago, before I went fishing, I started a topic with the following:

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?
Yes.

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.

On reading the initial responses I wrote:

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.

You're reducing your chances if the size aint the same.

And finally:

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?

Not feasible. But it wont be that, if that was the problem
the drive would still show up in the bios at least.

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

Where's the fun in that ?

Cheerio.

That's when the discussion went lively south with Folkert, Ren, Arno
a.o. discussing each other's qualities but not helping me along.

That's life, there is more involved than helping you.

(BTW, my bid on a similar drive did not make it. Some
persons are willing to bid more than I did). I went fishing.

SO: does someone has a deskstar lying around
that they want to part with it's motherboard?

What do I have to loose by trying?

Just your time. Which may not have much value.