That's all for now, I hope and thanks.
Possible hard drive failure
Started by
chief74
, Jul 16 2012 04:31 PM
#91
Posted 26 July 2012 - 01:59 PM
That's all for now, I hope and thanks.
#92
Posted 26 July 2012 - 02:04 PM
You are very welcome
#93
Posted 24 August 2012 - 11:31 AM
Hello, I am finally back. Ok, I ordered a hard drive from Emachines and have the operating system disk. The only problem is the hard drive has a different connection to plug things in. It is a Western Digital WD2500 Caviar SE EIDE 250 GB Hard Drive. Instead of the Serial ATA connection that the old one had, it has slots for a IDE ribbon connection. Inside my tower I have a IDE ribbon that has a 40 port/point connection but both ends are connected to something else. In the middle of it is another connector (40 point) with what I would call female slots and the back of the new hard drive is like male type slots/points. It will not connect this way to the hard drive. (not enough room on the ribbon to move it) I called the person back that I had ordered it from and he told me I needed a IDE connector for my hard drive. I called several places and they didn't have any in stock, so I called him back and he said he would send me one and never has and it has been 2 weeks now. I have tried calling back and now that number is temporarily disconnected. I called another Emachine number and they have no information about anything I ordered. So seems like I am stuck. Question: is there such a thing as a connector/converter so I can connect this hard drive? ( I took the old hard drive out and installed the new one with no problem)
Any help you can give me I will appreciate.
Thanks
Any help you can give me I will appreciate.
Thanks
#94
Posted 24 August 2012 - 12:47 PM
Can you get a picture of the back of the drive you are describing?
#95
Posted 24 August 2012 - 02:11 PM
I cannot understand what has happened here with your order from EMachines
The drive that was in your computer on which you ran the WD diagnostics was this
Western Digital WD1600AAJS-07PSA0 160GB SATA Hard Drive with DCM CodeHANNHT2EAN
as you can clearly see a SATA drive
If the other drive which you say you were given back, when it was replaced, was the original drive and also a SATA interface, then clearly Emachines have sent you the wrong HDD, and as you will have paid, more than you needed to, I would suspect, for a HDD from Emachines, I would not trouble yourself with trying to connect to the IDE header.
I suspect your optical drives are on there.
It is a shame you have opened the packaging, but I would still ask Emachines WHY they have sent a HDD with IDE or PATA interface, when the computer was originally supplied with a SATA HDD
The drive that was in your computer on which you ran the WD diagnostics was this
Western Digital WD1600AAJS-07PSA0 160GB SATA Hard Drive with DCM CodeHANNHT2EAN
as you can clearly see a SATA drive
If the other drive which you say you were given back, when it was replaced, was the original drive and also a SATA interface, then clearly Emachines have sent you the wrong HDD, and as you will have paid, more than you needed to, I would suspect, for a HDD from Emachines, I would not trouble yourself with trying to connect to the IDE header.
I suspect your optical drives are on there.
It is a shame you have opened the packaging, but I would still ask Emachines WHY they have sent a HDD with IDE or PATA interface, when the computer was originally supplied with a SATA HDD
#96
Posted 24 August 2012 - 02:28 PM
How would I upload a picture if I take it?
#97
Posted 24 August 2012 - 02:46 PM
To try and save you some work is this it
#98
Posted 24 August 2012 - 02:52 PM
yep and this is SATA.
#99
Posted 24 August 2012 - 02:55 PM
The original hard drive ( I got it back when I took my computer to get repaired) looks exactly like the one I received from emachines. The connections in the back are the same. The hard drive that was put in by computer repair person ( the latest one that failed ) was connected with the serial ata connectors. So computer repair person must have put in a different kind. My original drive was: barracuda 7200.7
100GB
Model no. ST3100011A
So I don't know. Thanks
100GB
Model no. ST3100011A
So I don't know. Thanks
#100
Posted 24 August 2012 - 03:02 PM
OK well that Seagate drive was indeed IDE
It is difficult to know if the previous repair was just a new HDD or a new motherboard.
Some computers were supplied that had SATA ports on the motherboard, but the computer was still sold with an IDE interface HDD
Post the full model details of the EMachines
the full model number and then we can look at what you have on the motherboard and hopefully, we can sort the problem out for you
It is difficult to know if the previous repair was just a new HDD or a new motherboard.
Some computers were supplied that had SATA ports on the motherboard, but the computer was still sold with an IDE interface HDD
Post the full model details of the EMachines
the full model number and then we can look at what you have on the motherboard and hopefully, we can sort the problem out for you
#102
Posted 24 August 2012 - 03:27 PM
Emachine model T4010
340 intel celeron D processor
100GB hard drive
DVD/CD-RW
512 mb DDR SD ram duel channel capable
Don't know if this was the info you wanted
That may be what he was referring to
Should I buy the adapter you sent me the shortcut to?
Thanks for the quick reply
340 intel celeron D processor
100GB hard drive
DVD/CD-RW
512 mb DDR SD ram duel channel capable
Don't know if this was the info you wanted
That may be what he was referring to
Should I buy the adapter you sent me the shortcut to?
Thanks for the quick reply
#103
Posted 24 August 2012 - 03:50 PM
I would not yet.
#104
Posted 24 August 2012 - 04:05 PM
This is the spec of the computer as it was originally
http://reviews.cnet....7-31466284.html
I think it may be beneficial if we were to satisfy ourselves as far as possible - what is the spec now.
I will read the whole topic to ensure we do not have it and post back shortly
http://reviews.cnet....7-31466284.html
I think it may be beneficial if we were to satisfy ourselves as far as possible - what is the spec now.
I will read the whole topic to ensure we do not have it and post back shortly
#105
Posted 24 August 2012 - 04:25 PM
How long ago was the original IDE drive, replaced with the SATA drive that was in the computer when this topic started and that is the drive that failed the diagnostics test
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