joeyjoe367
06-23-2003, 03:05 PM
Ok,
got this Western Digital 7200 RPM hard disk drive that's on the fritz as of late. It's registering as a 33.8 Gig HD when it's really an 80 gig HD.
It had been happening occasionally before, but I'd just turn off the computer and power supply and restart, and it'd usually go back to seeing the 80 gig drive again.
It won't go back anymore :(
I tried to set the heads/sectors/cylenders, etc... manually, but my Mainboard (Elitegroup K7S5A 3.0) doesn't wanna let me do that either.
Is there something I'm missing? I tried calling WD tech support, but since it's past their 90 day warranty, they want $15 to have some dude read out of a spiral bound notebook :D I'd like to keep my $15 if at all possible.
Anyway, here are my sys specs if it helps any:
Enhance 300 Watt Power supply (AMD Certified)
Elitegroup K7S5A 3.0 Mainboard
AMD Athlon XP 1700
Innogear GeForce 2 Ti
Soundblaster live (Value)
Western Digital WD800BB 7200 RPM HD (The one that's busted)
Fujitsu ...something 10 gig HD
and other crap... CD Rom drives, mouse, keyboard etc... that's not really relevant.
Any help is greatly apreciated.
got this Western Digital 7200 RPM hard disk drive that's on the fritz as of late. It's registering as a 33.8 Gig HD when it's really an 80 gig HD.
It had been happening occasionally before, but I'd just turn off the computer and power supply and restart, and it'd usually go back to seeing the 80 gig drive again.
It won't go back anymore :(
I tried to set the heads/sectors/cylenders, etc... manually, but my Mainboard (Elitegroup K7S5A 3.0) doesn't wanna let me do that either.
Is there something I'm missing? I tried calling WD tech support, but since it's past their 90 day warranty, they want $15 to have some dude read out of a spiral bound notebook :D I'd like to keep my $15 if at all possible.
Anyway, here are my sys specs if it helps any:
Enhance 300 Watt Power supply (AMD Certified)
Elitegroup K7S5A 3.0 Mainboard
AMD Athlon XP 1700
Innogear GeForce 2 Ti
Soundblaster live (Value)
Western Digital WD800BB 7200 RPM HD (The one that's busted)
Fujitsu ...something 10 gig HD
and other crap... CD Rom drives, mouse, keyboard etc... that's not really relevant.
Any help is greatly apreciated.