Maxtor 250gb

[boris333]

i have an maxtor 250 gb hard drive but i dont know what is wrong with it its new out of box i removed the top cover then i pluged it and it starts to make noise why is this ( i went out and got one more removed the cover and same thing again i put the cover back on and it still maked the noise ) is this normal but my computer can not see the new maxtor hd help !!!

[mike.m216]

Do not open a hard drive.

[DigitalJunkie]

Oops,Ya broke it.
And I doubt they'll honor the warranty,if you opened the case and broke the stickers. You're stuck.

HDD's are manufactured in a clean room,one reason being that the heads are *very* close to the platters,infact,they touch it untill it gets spun up,then the heads ride on a thin cloud of air..(like those air-hockey tables)
Thats the main reason for the head-parking setup,to give the heads an un-used area on the platters to grind against,untill everything is up to speed,and the heads are no longer touching the platters.And to keep the heads from banging around in transit.
Something as small as a speck of dust or sand can get stuck between the heads and platters,and possibly do serious damage,like scratching the platters and/or damaging the heads.


In short,never open a HDD you ever want to use again.

[EchoWars]

I think he's joking.

[ppcblaster]

Opening a hard drive voids the warranty.

If you think you are having a problem with a HDD, go to the

manufactures website and download a test utility. it will

determind the status of the hard drive , and sometimes dreates

a log to email back to tech support.

[boris333]

well i jsut dont understand i have opened many hd drives befor and they worked fine but i never tryed with new hard drives any hting over 20 gb by looking inside of this 250gb there is nothing different then on a 20 gb that works fine when its open does any one know why is this, maybe its not working because they are too large for my motherboard ? what do i do

[planet10]

Originally posted by DigitalJunkie
then the heads ride on a thin cloud of air..(like those air-hockey tables)

Like a Boeing 747 cruising inches off the ground...

If you opened up the actual HD, then you killed it...

dave

[infinia]

Originally posted by boris333
maybe its not working because they are too large for my motherboard ? what do i do

Build an external HDD by buying (bye bye) an external enclosure with either/and firewire & USB2 PCI card.

[anatech]

Buy a new computer complete and never open it.

Ever.

-Chris

[Schaef]

Originally posted by boris333
well i jsut dont understand i have opened many hd drives befor and they worked fine but i never tryed with new hard drives any hting over 20 gb by looking inside of this 250gb there is nothing different then on a 20 gb that works fine when its open does any one know why is this, maybe its not working because they are too large for my motherboard ? what do i do

There's a HUGE difference in areal density between a 20gig hard drive and a 250 gig hard drive. (10 fold increase, as a matter of fact!) They have become more sensitive to dust and other factors due to this one little fact, also, due to the density and other issues, the heads have to float closer to the platters in order to read the now fainter signals.

All in all, you've now killed two drives, so if you insist on doing this some more, send me the money you'll spend on another drive and I'll happily send you some of the old SCSI disks I have sitting around and you can destroy those.