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				 Posted: Fri Sep 09, 2011 8:58 pm    Post subject: Samsng HD321KJ HDD issue | 
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				New to this board, so appreciate any help and advice.
 
 
I'm a super techie but never really ventured into HDD failures farther than logical problems.
 
 
I have a friends Samsung HD321KJ HDD.  It powers up, spins, but is not recognized in BIOS.
 
 
Linux sees /dev/sdb with no partition data.  Running DMDE on it shows 00's and reports IO error upon reading any blocks.  
 
 
If the issue is firmware, can I simply purchase a like logic board and use that? or is information actually stored on the disk somewhere protected?
 
 
Also, there is no known cause for error, possibly overheated case.
 
 
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