Hey all,
Just got done reading this whole thread to try and resurrect my DiamondMax Plus 9. Of course, musical tones. But first, some history!
Started out about 9 months ago (I haven't touched it for fear of screwing something up!) My kid knocked it off the table in a USB enclosure, so it's entirely my fault for: 1) not backing up my data, and 2) allowing such a precarious situation to occur in the first place. I decided to try the methods mentioned here, none of which worked.
Since the only _real_ data I gave a damn about was pictures of my family (I guess we'll have to replace them all now), I decided to hack into this beasty and see what happened.
In any event, after much disassembly, I came to the conclusion that in the jarring of the drive, the motor spindle caused a burr in the shaft that bound the motor up but good. I'm now not very keen on fluid bearings. Either the burr caused it, or the fluid film in the drive somehow got contaminated (perhaps overheating of a stuck motor burns the fluid?)
In any event, I may put up some pictures somewhere of the mess that is now my hard drive, if I've the time.
I don't blame maxtor for my particular problem (that would be childish), but from what I hear from folks who _haven't_ dropped their drives, I would be heated in that circumstance.
I, for one, CANNOT WAIT patiently enough for the end of mechanical hard drives!
Live Free in Peace,
[edit] I'd be happy to ship someone the controller board off this drive if you'll pay the shipping. I can't _guarantee_ that it works, but it probably does.[/edit]