Need spare part for my fried Seagate Barracuda 320GB SATA2
I have fried the controller board on one of my Seagate Barracuda 320GB
SATA2 drives (accidental short while rebuilding a rig) and I am
looking for a spare board. Does anyone have a broken or used disk that
I could get or buy? Should I contact Seagate directly for a
replacement?
Luckily the controller board is easily exchanged, so as a short-term
solution I could use the board from one of my other identical drives,
but I still want to revive this (unless the costs are similar to
getting a new drive).
I noticed that there are many products called "Seagate Barracuda 320GB
SATA2", so I will update this post with additional details tonight. I
would still appreciate any comments in the meantime!
Re: Need spare part for my fried Seagate Barracuda 320GB SATA2
Isn't the drive still under warranty??
"TorbenGB" <torbengb@gmail.com> wrote in message
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>I have fried the controller board on one of my Seagate Barracuda 320GB
> SATA2 drives (accidental short while rebuilding a rig) and I am
> looking for a spare board. Does anyone have a broken or used disk that
> I could get or buy? Should I contact Seagate directly for a
> replacement?
>
> Luckily the controller board is easily exchanged, so as a short-term
> solution I could use the board from one of my other identical drives,
> but I still want to revive this (unless the costs are similar to
> getting a new drive).
>
> I noticed that there are many products called "Seagate Barracuda 320GB
> SATA2", so I will update this post with additional details tonight. I
> would still appreciate any comments in the meantime!
>
Re: Need spare part for my fried Seagate Barracuda 320GB SATA2
In comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage TorbenGB <torbengb@gmail.com> wrote:
> I have fried the controller board on one of my Seagate Barracuda 320GB
> SATA2 drives (accidental short while rebuilding a rig) and I am
> looking for a spare board. Does anyone have a broken or used disk that
> I could get or buy? Should I contact Seagate directly for a
> replacement?
> Luckily the controller board is easily exchanged, so as a short-term
> solution I could use the board from one of my other identical drives,
> but I still want to revive this (unless the costs are similar to
> getting a new drive).
> I noticed that there are many products called "Seagate Barracuda 320GB
> SATA2", so I will update this post with additional details tonight. I
> would still appreciate any comments in the meantime!
Depending on what you diod do, you may also have fried the
preamplifiers inside the disk. So maybe you should try this
with a board from your other disks, before spending mone.
Come to think of it, the board will likely be as expensive or more so
than a new disk, unless you manage to get an used one.
Re: Need spare part for my fried Seagate Barracuda 320GB SATA2
Some responses:
> Isn't the drive still under warranty??
It would be, except that the warranty doesn't cover self-made idiot
mistakes like this...
> you should try this with a board from your other disks
I have tried that, successfully. Sorry for not mentioning this.
> the board will likely be as expensive or more so than a new disk, unless you manage to get an used one.
That's why I call out here :-) Perhaps somebody has a spare part lying
around.
Re: Need spare part for my fried Seagate Barracuda 320GB SATA2
TorbenGB <torbengb@gmail.com> wrote in
news:1185806218.886260.263780@g4g2000hsf.googlegro ups.com:
> I have fried the controller board on one of my Seagate Barracuda 320GB
> SATA2 drives (accidental short while rebuilding a rig) and I am
> looking for a spare board. Does anyone have a broken or used disk that
> I could get or buy? Should I contact Seagate directly for a
> replacement?
>
> Luckily the controller board is easily exchanged, so as a short-term
> solution I could use the board from one of my other identical drives,
> but I still want to revive this (unless the costs are similar to
> getting a new drive).
>
> I noticed that there are many products called "Seagate Barracuda 320GB
> SATA2", so I will update this post with additional details tonight. I
> would still appreciate any comments in the meantime!
>
Read this thread before you go to all the effort and expense to find a new
controller card.
If you are successful in swapping the boards of the two drives you own and
the dead drive works, you might be able to find an identical controller
card (Make/Model/Firmware Rev/Card Rev) and have it work. Please read the
ESD discussion in the linked thread before swapping the boards.
The important thing right now is to back up all of your data before doing
anything else!
--
Alan Norton - Pecos SoftWareWorks
Review of Foxconn 975X7AB-8EKRS2H Mb, IT Articles
Vista EULA's explained, building your first computer - ABIT AN8 SLI http://www.pecos-softwareworks.com/
The person claiming to have worked for "Seagate in the Product Assurance
Department" wasn't aware that the "serial numbers" he was going on about
were actually the drive part numbers.
There was some potentially damaging information in that thread.
Re: Need spare part for my fried Seagate Barracuda 320GB SATA2
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> "TorbenGB" <torbengb@gmail.com> wrote in message
> news:1185806218.886260.263780@g4g2000hsf.googlegro ups.com...
>>I have fried the controller board on one of my Seagate Barracuda 320GB
>> SATA2 drives (accidental short while rebuilding a rig)
>
> Isn't the drive still under warranty??
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