1TB HDD stopped working all of the sudden. Spins up fine with no audible clicking

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2016-02-10 23:08:46Post No. 54320
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Anonymous 2016-02-10 23:08:46 Post No. 54320 [Report]

1TB HDD stopped working all of the sudden. Spins up fine with no audible clicking or grinding. 9 times out of 10 it is not recognized by OS or BIOS, and when it is. it's inaccessible. From my research, I'm guessing it's a faulty PCB.

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Anonymous 2016-02-11 02:37:22 Post No.54474
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Anonymous 2016-02-11 02:37:22 Post No.54474 [Report]

Sounds like your Paddle-card is dead. Drive works fine but data isn't going from platter to platter.
Not really something I'd recommend the average User operate on, but you can find a dead drive and switch them out. You literally pull the one off the dead drive and swap it out with your good one.

Hope this helps.

Anonymous 2016-02-11 03:04:11 Post No.54498
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Anonymous 2016-02-11 03:04:11 Post No.54498 [Report]

>>54474
>Not really something I'd recommend the average User operate on

cannot second this enough. MIGHT fix it if you know what you're doing.

I'd use one of the 1/10th times you have with it working to BACK UP EVERYTHING YOU GIVE A SHIT ABOUT as any attempted opening / fixing of the HDD has a high chance of fucking it over for good.