Fujitsu HDD problems

[puzzeled]

I am new to this forum and was wondering if anybody here could help me.
My situation is that i have 3 fujitsu MPG3xxx hard drives and one of them is not detected in BIOS.  The failed drive spins, seeks, and appears to be ready to read and write; however, the drive is not seen. I have tried swapping the print cicuit board from the two good ones, but no success, hard drive does the sme thing. At the same time i have tried the bad drives print circuit board on the good drive and the print circuit board test good. Weird! Is there anybody here that has found a solution to this problem?? I know that the Fujisu MPG series has a faulty chipset, but is there a way around the chip problem? Any help would be appriciated.  

 

[apex1x]

Have you checked jumper settings, cables, IDE ports, and BIOS settings?
If you can understand it, you probably don't.

 

[puzzeled]

Yes i have. However, no matter how i set the jumper it doesn't show. I have read that there is a bad Cirrus Logic chip on the PCB. is there a way to bypass the chip, and debbug the chip?

 

[mijan]

As allready mentioned ask

http://www.computer-recovery.com

they might have a better reply.

 

[gypsygeoff]

Personally, I wouldn't buy anything from Fujitsu. They are arogant to deal with, and I've got a pile of unhappy customers following HD failures, and their refusal to honour their guarantees. At the moment, I'm seeking to satisfy my customers with more reliable brands such as Maxtor.

 

[shmoes]

I've sent 3 MPGxxx harddrives back already for warranty. they are garbage. 1 of those hard drives was already a replacement as well.

I will never purchase a fujitsu product.. there service and support was terrible.

never again!

get on your warranty while you still can .. and chose the MONEY BACK option....



~Shmoes

I lay claim to nothing and everything. My words may be wisdom or disaster. In the end you make a choice. Noone is perfect.