Jack Stein wrote to Jonathan De Boyne Pollard on 10-31-1999

JS> Speaking of drives, is there anyway to fix a HDD controller on a
JS> drive?  I  have a Seagate 2 gig drive that lost its controller, 
JS> whatever that is.  Thats the first HD failure I've had  since around
JS> 1985 when my 10 meg "winchester" drive  failed...  I've run all WD
JS> drives though, had very good  luck with those suckers.  Had to put
JS> my WD 400MeB drive  back in that already has 8 years of 24/7 service
JS> under it's  belt.  The used Seagate that died has to be newer than
JS> the  WD that I had to replace it with, probably has a hell of a  lot
JS> less hours on it too.   

Any chance it might still be under warranty?  I recall that Seagate
boasted a 5 year warranty on several models.

I get a bunch of drives thru here and have had mixed results with
swapping controllers.  Usually, the 'controller' problem has wound up
being blown spindle drivers which were taken out be mechanical problems
anyway so both sections were hosed.  Maybe one in four pairs will yield
a working drive for me. (still, that's better than nothing) 

Will Honea 
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