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  • stevo1210
    Badcaps Legend
    • Oct 2006
    • 4156
    • Australia
    #1

    Funky laptop problem

    I have a clients Dell Inspiron 710m here that was dropped down a flight of stairs. The exterior is pretty much destroyed. Anyway, it still boots and works (albeit broken LCD).
    Only problem is this... when I put another 2.5" PATA HDD in, it doesn't spin up. I've tried 3x different HDDs to no luck at all. However the original Fujitsu HDD will spin up but not get recognized in the BIOS but when I move it to another PC it works fine so I recovered all the files from there.
    What's going on here?
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    • selldoor
      Slow Learner
      • Dec 2010
      • 7870
      #2
      Re: Funky laptop problem

      I know its a daft thing to suggest but does this model use the dell hard disk connector adaptor and are you putting one on the disks you try?
      Please upload pictures using attachment function when ask for help on the repair
      http://www.badcaps.net/forum/showthread.php?t=39740

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        • stevo1210
          Badcaps Legend
          • Oct 2006
          • 4156
          • Australia
          #3
          Re: Funky laptop problem

          Yes I put the adaptor thing on each hard drive I inserted. No go
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            • ratdude747
              Black Sheep
              • Nov 2008
              • 17136
              • USA
              #4
              Re: Funky laptop problem

              Maybe the fall cracked some of the solder joints on the laptop's hdd connector?
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                • Topcat
                  The Boss Stooge
                  • Oct 2003
                  • 16956
                  • United States
                  #5
                  Re: Funky laptop problem

                  After a fall down a flight of stairs, there's no telling. Cracked PCB or broken solder joints would be my guess...

                  How does one drop a laptop down a flight of stairs!? Must be some bozo like one of the M6300's I was recently given......some chick managed to slam the screen portion in the trunk of a car....the end result there wasnt pretty...
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                    • selldoor
                      Slow Learner
                      • Dec 2010
                      • 7870
                      #6
                      Re: Funky laptop problem

                      Another daft idea - What size replacements were you using I believe some models will only take a 120gb disk or one with OS on 120 gb partition
                      Please upload pictures using attachment function when ask for help on the repair
                      http://www.badcaps.net/forum/showthread.php?t=39740

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                        • Uranium-235
                          Comrade Glimmer
                          • Aug 2007
                          • 5042
                          • US
                          #7
                          Re: Funky laptop problem

                          ok did you guys hear him say 'spin up'? thats whats confusing me. I'm thinking power, but if it was a power solder joint...why does the original spin up?
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                            • stevo1210
                              Badcaps Legend
                              • Oct 2006
                              • 4156
                              • Australia
                              #8
                              Re: Funky laptop problem

                              Originally posted by Uranium-235
                              ok did you guys hear him say 'spin up'? thats whats confusing me. I'm thinking power, but if it was a power solder joint...why does the original spin up?
                              That's the bit which confuses me badly. Only the Fujitsu drive will spin up. The others won't budge.

                              And in response to TC, neither can I understand how one drops a laptop down some stairs... and yes, owner is a woman!
                              Don't find love, let love find you. That's why its called falling in love, because you don't force yourself to fall, you just fall. - Anonymous

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