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06-17-2006, 04:11 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Virginia Beach Posts: 3,595
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I've come across a Maxtor MaXLine Plus II 250GB Sata/150 hard drive with no pin jumpers... I've looked it up online but everything I have found is for IDE drives, not sata... I have tried every setting and even without a jumper but it's still not recoginized. I don't wanna just chuck it, but if it is dead, then cool, but I wanted to get some opinions first before I fried it in the mircrowave... 
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06-17-2006, 04:53 PM
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Member (again) Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Raul's Wild Kingdom...How 'bout that, huh? Posts: 4,200
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Don't chuck it in the microwave. Freeze it for about an hour. Then try again.
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06-17-2006, 05:03 PM
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Super Techie Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 322
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if youve tried every pin setting and even no jumpers, i would assume dead. maybe its formatted for something else though? dont know if that would affect it
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06-17-2006, 05:03 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Virginia Beach Posts: 3,595
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Good point... it's been so long since I saw that trick I forgot about it... Thanks... Anyone else?  | |
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06-17-2006, 06:53 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Virginia Beach Posts: 3,595
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welp... it's not even spinnin up, so I think it's safe to say it's dead... D.E.D. ded... anyone need a paper weight? LOL
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06-17-2006, 08:57 PM
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Member (again) Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Raul's Wild Kingdom...How 'bout that, huh? Posts: 4,200
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Already got one, thanks. It's an old Deathstar. It reminds me how stupid I was for not sending it in before the class-action suit refund deadline was up :eek:
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06-18-2006, 11:07 AM
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Monster Techie Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: NB, Canada Posts: 1,232
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There's no jumpers to set on a sata, You have to load sata raid drivers in order to even see it, most older bios will not even know its there, so that's normal. Have you installed your sata raid drivers for the board?
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06-18-2006, 12:51 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Virginia Beach Posts: 3,595
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I have... and I pulled one of my drives today and swapped it out, but my system isn't even seeing it... So me'thunk it's ded... 2 bad... it was a free 250gb HD
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06-18-2006, 06:27 PM
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Super Techie Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 407
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haha maybe thats why it was free
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06-18-2006, 06:32 PM
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Ultra Techie Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 842
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It would've been too good to be true if it'd worked. I would take it apart if I were you just for the fun of it.
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