James Sweet wrote in message
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Occasionally you can make a drive like this work by swapping the circuit
board with an identical drive, the newer the drive is the less likely
this'll work though.


Is this likely to be the case when the drive fails to spin up, however? Seems
to me that's more likely a mechanical issue; I don't see how the drive would TRY
to spin and have it be in the circuit board.

As for age; it's 2-1/2 years old.