Probably simple problem with IBM Deskstar

[Wizend]

a year ago I bought an IBM HD. It is an IBM Deskstar 60 GXP or whatever.
I was using it fine one day then the next day my computer would not recognize it, like there was nothing there.
I downloaded the latest IBM fitness tester thing and it could not see it.
I hooked it in every combination master slave everything.
I even tried it on the secondary master and slave but still no luck.


Is there a fix, and if not how do I tell the warranty date, there is no good help on the IBM website.

Please help if you know what is up.

Thanks

 

[ChefJoe]

you have three years. 60GXP line is younger than three years, so you are covered with ibm warranty. That being said, unplug all drives from your computer and take out a win98 boot disk, your ibm DFT disk, and try again with only your floppy and ibm drive connected


http://www.anandtech.com/guides/viewfaq.html?i=71

 

[bozo1]

Try connecting it to a different power lead (not one on the same cable) and also use a different IDE cable. If the BIOS still doesn't detect it, it's toast. DFT will get you nowhere unless they BIOS can at least see it.

 

[bacillus]

sounds like a RMA job to me!