Suggestions to resurrect a dead IBM Deskstar

Hello all,

I've been reading this newsgroup for about five minutes now, and I
already know that there is strong feeling about the quality of IBM
Deskstars (or lack thereof). So I can imagine what responses might
arise if I say I have a now defunct Deskstar 60GB hard drive which I
would like to resurrect!

Before anyone tells me just how rubbish they are, I have to be fair
and mention that mine got zapped by the explosion of my computer's
power supply, which isn't really its fault (though my 10-year-old
floppy drive and really crap CD writer survived unscathed, much to my
disappointment).

The current situation with my Deskstar is that it won't even spin up,
let alone make itself known to the Bios. The question is whether there
is any hope of bringing it back to life myself (replacing the pcb, for
instance - but where would I get one for a drive two years old?) or
even with the help of someone else (suggestions welcome).

Ariana

 > The current situation with my Deskstar is that it won't even spin up,
 > let alone make itself known to the Bios. The question is whether there
 > is any hope of bringing it back to life myself (replacing the pcb, for
 > instance - but where would I get one for a drive two years old?) or
 > even with the help of someone else (suggestions welcome).

If it was taken out by a power spike, there's still a chance the drive is
recoverable - as you mention, replacing the PCB is the most likely solution.
It's not guaranteed, but if you have valuable data it's worth a try. I'd
check eBay and see if you can pick up one of the same model which has died
anothe way... mostly it's mechanical failure, so you may get one with a good
PCB.

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