- Feb 1, 2003
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I have a deskstar 30GB HDD that is no longer recognized by the bios and has the ol click click click.
I found another lying around that is pretty close in model to this one except for it is 20 GB.
I switched controllers on the HDDs and now the 30GB that was clicking no longer clicks and the 20GB HDD that wasn't clicking now clicks.
If I were able to find an identical 30GB HDD as the original and switched the controllers, is there any chance the bios would see it?
the bad news is that the IBM IC35L030AVER07-0 30GB drives were sold OEM manufacturers only, so finding one is going to be tough.
Am I way off or is there a chance this could work?
EDIT: by controller I should clarify that I mean the board on the bottom of the HDD where the ribbon and molex plug in as well as the PCB
I found another lying around that is pretty close in model to this one except for it is 20 GB.
I switched controllers on the HDDs and now the 30GB that was clicking no longer clicks and the 20GB HDD that wasn't clicking now clicks.
If I were able to find an identical 30GB HDD as the original and switched the controllers, is there any chance the bios would see it?
the bad news is that the IBM IC35L030AVER07-0 30GB drives were sold OEM manufacturers only, so finding one is going to be tough.
Am I way off or is there a chance this could work?
EDIT: by controller I should clarify that I mean the board on the bottom of the HDD where the ribbon and molex plug in as well as the PCB