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Maxtor music
Name: beaumont911 Date: September 14, 2005 at 01:33:21 Pacific OS: XP Pro CPU/Ram: 512mb
Comment:
OK, my maxtor onetouch II 200gb harddrive, it fell of my desk and into my bed, which was only a .5m drop. Whenever I turn on the power, I hear three series of beeps then a grinding noise. On the maxtor site, it says it is a hardware problem and needs to be sent in. Has anyone else had this problem, because I really dont want to get it repaired as it will cose me EVEN more money, so does anyone have a clue what the problem is?
Name: beaumont911 Date: September 14, 2005 at 01:34:07 Pacific
Reply:
It didn't fall off my desk into my bed, it fell off my desk into my bin.
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Response Number 2
Name: beaumont911 Date: September 14, 2005 at 02:08:13 Pacific
Reply:
OK, I recorded the sound. I have read around and it seems the drive isn't spinning, and I cant get into the drive because it only has two screws, and the 'tearing this sticker will void warranty' sticker ontop of it, so unless I had a surefire way of restoring it, I wont open it up.
THe sound is here:
http://rapidshare.de/files/5081609/Max.wav.html
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Response Number 3
Name: plainandsimple Date: September 14, 2005 at 02:28:44 Pacific
Reply:
The drive is toast, you can not repair yourself, it needs to be open in a "clean room" environment. Send it back to Maxtor.
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Response Number 4
Name: beaumont911 Date: September 14, 2005 at 02:57:54 Pacific
Reply:
Does it have to be Maxtor? I bought it at a repair shop, would they be able to repair it?
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Response Number 5
Name: plainandsimple Date: September 14, 2005 at 04:46:57 Pacific
Reply:
NO, repairing is a specialized process, time to buy a new drive if it is not under warranty.
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Response Number 6
Name: DAVEINCAPS Date: September 14, 2005 at 14:48:52 Pacific
Reply:
Go to maxtor's warranty page to see if it's still under warranty. It won't matter where you bought it. Obviously don't tell them you dropped it.
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