#1 Call Maxtor and ask them for any suggestions first.
#2 Make sure it is not under warranty. If it is ..... next . . .
#3 The drive controller is probably dead. If it is under
warranty, get the warranty drive sent, about 3-5 days,
find someone with proficiency at doing this and switch
boards. Make sure that they are the exact same boards!!!
If this works, get your data off the drive, switch old card
back and send junk drive back. If it don't work you've
lost your data but now have a new drive. Don't open the
or the warranty will not be any good. The warranty on
these drives is usually 3 years. 1 year on a replacement.
The IDE controller card actually unplugs from the drive
up by the spindle so carefully unplug it! If all this hasn't
worked, see #1.
Best Regards
Ed Gibson
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From: "Cameron Kaiser" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "PCI PowerMacs" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, January 15, 2003 11:26 PM
Subject: Maxtor drive bites the dust
> The Maxtor 60GB DiamondStar in my 7300 (I'm typing this on the PB1400 now)
> suddenly made several hiccuping-like noises and the computer froze, and
now
> it won't spin up at all. It made some noises like this a few weeks ago,
which
> I attributed to power problems, but they never recurred after replacing
the
> power cable. Doing that again doesn't seem to do any good and nothing can
> even see the drive (connected to a Sonnet Temp Trio) anymore.
>
> Does anyone have any suggestions before I, in a fit of cathartic rage,
bust
> out the platters and use them as lethal Frisbees on the heads of
passers-by?
>
> If I could get it to just spin up, I could get everything onto the dual
G4's
> cavernous 120GB disk and then get another drive (I guarantee you it won't
be
> a Maxtor, since I've also heard some unpleasant stories from others).
>
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