"Jaz" wrote in message
A have a Maxtor 20GB 2B020H1 which is doing the spin-up then spin-
down thing. The controller says ATHENA ATA2-PLUS, FBII 301430100.
I found this site http://www.hddtech.co.uk/MaxtorFailureSymptoms.htm
and my symptoms match precisely. So I bought a working 2B020H1 used.
I swapped the contoller but the drive isn't recognized at POST. I
swapped the controller back to the spare-parts drive and that one
works fine. Worth noting is that with the spare controller, the
original drive no longer spins down after spin up.
Then I noticed that the spare controller part number is slightly
different. The new one reads
"ATHEN II/POKER".
Apt name. Describes the process of recovery very neatly.
What's interesting is why this controller would not be detected by
the BIOS when attached to the old platter assembly. I verified
that the geometry and the Maxtor part numbers are both the same.
Anyway, aside from trying to find another spare controller that
matches exactly, and before I resort to an $800+ professional
recovery, is there anything else I should try?
Thanks.
Jaz
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