[OT] Troubleshooting ATA Drives..

[9000 VAX]

On Wed, 09 Mar 2005 21:51:37 -0500, David V. Corbin
<dvcorbin at optonline.net> wrote:
> Any one with experience on doing electrical troubleshooting on (Maxtor) ATA
> Drives, please drop me a note off-list. I just had a PS failure and it
> "took-out" a drive with some fairly critical data. I believe the board
> (rather than the platter itself) took the bullet, and I want to explore
> options before sending the drive out for $6K+ in repair costs.

You need to find a HD of the same type, and replace the circuit board.
It is easy and if it does not work, I suspect what those $6K+
companies can do.

vax, 9000

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> David
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> "Some days you have all the (bad) luck"
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