Hello guys....
Please help with advice to recover my files on my IBM DeskStar 41.0GB hard drive !!!!!
Model: IC35L040aver07-0
p/n: 07n6654
MLC: h32161
Made in Thailand.
Assembled in China
May 2001.
The problem is: my hard drive spins up, but is not recognized by the BIOS, so the machine fails to see a hard drive attached to the system.
The symptoms : the hard drive makes 4 very quiet head seeking (?) noises, it waits 1 second, then repeats the seek/click(?) noises 10 times.
I recorded the sound from the Deskstar spinning up in mp3.
Listen to the sound it makes HERE:
So far this is what I tried :
I bought an identical hard drive ( Same Model, p/n and MLC, but made in Hungary and Assembled in Czech Republic in July 2001 ) to try to swap the circuit board and see if it would work.. unfortunately, it did not work !!!!!!
I am very careful because there are some valuable files, but I would like to do this myself if possible.
Any suggestions of what to try next ?!
Someone had suggested swapping the small 8 pin surface mount NVRAM chip.. is this necessary ?! Why ??
Also, How hard is it to unsolder and resolder this NVRAM chip ?? I have soldered many things before and am relatively good at it but have never soldered any surface mount components so I would probably pay someone to swap the chips if that is the solution..
I am waiting for your replies
Please HELP !!!
Christopher
Please help with advice to recover my files on my IBM DeskStar 41.0GB hard drive !!!!!
Model: IC35L040aver07-0
p/n: 07n6654
MLC: h32161
Made in Thailand.
Assembled in China
May 2001.
The problem is: my hard drive spins up, but is not recognized by the BIOS, so the machine fails to see a hard drive attached to the system.
The symptoms : the hard drive makes 4 very quiet head seeking (?) noises, it waits 1 second, then repeats the seek/click(?) noises 10 times.
I recorded the sound from the Deskstar spinning up in mp3.
Listen to the sound it makes HERE:
So far this is what I tried :
I bought an identical hard drive ( Same Model, p/n and MLC, but made in Hungary and Assembled in Czech Republic in July 2001 ) to try to swap the circuit board and see if it would work.. unfortunately, it did not work !!!!!!
I am very careful because there are some valuable files, but I would like to do this myself if possible.
Any suggestions of what to try next ?!
Someone had suggested swapping the small 8 pin surface mount NVRAM chip.. is this necessary ?! Why ??
Also, How hard is it to unsolder and resolder this NVRAM chip ?? I have soldered many things before and am relatively good at it but have never soldered any surface mount components so I would probably pay someone to swap the chips if that is the solution..
I am waiting for your replies
Please HELP !!!
Christopher