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Is my HDD really dead?

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    I think I have exhausted all solutions now unless anyone else has any ideas?

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    | Thu 5 Nov 2015 16:05:33 #11 |
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    REPASSAC - 6 hours ago  » 
    One suggestion (long shot)
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    Place unit in standby, wait 2 mins, disconnect power, wait 2 mins, remove power and sata connectors from disk.
    Power up for 10 mins (really no disk connected), factory reset unit, place unit in standby, wait 2 mins, disconnect power, wait 2 mins.
    Now reconnect disk leads, power up and wait 5 mins before checking disk.
    It could be a faulty disk controller on the motherboard but I doubt it. The numbers of this fault being reported and the MTBF of a major brand disk does not match. Equally modern quality levels on disk controllers call for very, very low PPM failures.d

    Thank you for all your help, looks terminal so I've ordered a refirb. I don't like being beaten so I'll keep trying!

    | Thu 5 Nov 2015 21:58:24 #12 |
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    grahamlthompson - 6 hours ago  » 

    10TL - 27 minutes ago  » 
    Thanks, trying that now.
    I was wondering yesterday if it's a faulty SATA lead as the HDD is clearly powering up & remaining powered up? Problem there is that it's a combined lead & after Googling it I realised it wouldn't be straightforward finding one!

    Try removing and replacing the sata connection at the motherboard end. It's not unknown for this to clear a bit of corrosion causing a bad connection.

    Tried this a couple of ways without luck sadly, I bypassed both cables with a bridge direct to the board but still no HDD!

    | Thu 5 Nov 2015 22:00:39 #13 |

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