Originally Posted by
jetsfan92588
I took the drive to staples and the easy tech guy put it in his machine for about a minute and said the drive is completely dead. He said its not the board, it's the entire drive. Before I throw out the drive, do you think I should still try to get a new board ($50 plus about $15 for shipping)? Is there any way he could actually tell if it was the board as opposed to a problem with the plates or something without actually taking it apart?
There is no way a "technician" could diagnose it in a minute . . .
Most "completely dead" drives emit no sounds (probably the basis for the "diagnose") which, by the way, reinforces the possibility of a bad board.
Throwing away the drive would be the easier option, but if will have data you value in it, $65 to recoup appears to be a fair price.