20 Most Recent Samsung (SP0411N) 40 GB Hard Drive Questions & Answers

Hi,

The firmware is upgradable on these devices but only within the same Rev Series. Your best bet is to source a board with the same Rev and similar production date.

Assuming the board is all that failed this should r troubles. Try http://stores.shop.ebay.ca/Effective-Electronics__W0QQ_armrsZ1 as they carry a wide variety of boards. if they don't have it try a general search on eBay. Don't use anything more than the Samsung model # for the search though as most sellers haven't a clue about Rev#'s. Once you find a few similar ones you can ask the sellers for specifics.

If you can't find the proper board or if you do and it fails to garner results let me know and include your location(Country, State and City) and I will refer you into a clean room facility.

Chris

You pretty much are (for lack of a better word) screwed, without all of the pins contacting the cable, it wont be recognized by the CPU. my best suggestion, is to take it to a data recovery shop, and see if they can recover any of the stuff on it. [WARNING] not the cheapest thing to do, but worth it if you have some valuable information on the drive.

It may caused by drive crash.Remove the hard drive and put it into an enclosure.Plug it into another computer as a slave.Copy your files on it.After that,perform a system restore to fix your operating system.
If it shows up in 'my computer' as a drive letter(like E: drive) but you can't access it,you can recover data on it with data recovery program to avoid losing your data.I have succeed to recover data from crashed hard drive with Tenorshare data recovery. It can recover data after deeply scanning your hard drive to look for lost data due to drives crash, physical damage,system sabotage, virus attack etc.You can get it here: http://www.any-data-recovery.com/product/datarecoveryprofessional.htm After you recover your data,you can format it to check out whether it can be fixed.

Boot up with the Windows XP installation CDFollow the screen instructions -Delete the existing Partition.Create a new Partition (1st) but do not make it the maximum partition size - enter 1/4 of the maximum size.Create another Partition (2nd) make this the same size as the 1st Create another Partition.(3rd) make this the same size as the 1stCreate another Partition (4th) make this the remaining max. size.Format the Ist Partition Full NTSF (not quick format)You can now proceed to install Windows on the 1st Partition.After Windows XP has been installed and the computer's device drivers, go to Control Panel - Administrative Tools - Disk Management then allocate a drive letter to each of the Partitions then NTFS Format each of the Partitions. Now each of the Partitions should indicated as Healthy.Create

Make sure the power cable and IDE cable is plugged in properly then boot your computer up again. If it does not work, test it on another computer to see if the hard drive works at all.

check your cables, if its ok,check the jumper, if theres any,try boot with only one hdd.else, try consult to the manufacture for firmware update. there might a compatibility problem.

go in to bios and set cd to boot and reboot with system disk in Re: Jeff

I would run software diagnostics on the drive to see if the drive is failing. Also be sure to back up your data right away.

You have to format a hard drive with a third party disk unless its a usb data drive Restart your computer During the boot process you will see on the screen to press a certain key to enter setup Press and hold that key during the boot up process to enter BIOS then using the arrow keys navigate to advanced bios features press enter change your first boot device to cd press escape then press f10 to save to cmos restart hope it helps note this will erase you operating system you will have to have an operating system disk to load it onto you hard drive or create a partition to load another operating system note after you have loaded the operating system you should go back and change the first boot device to failsafe or optimised defaults after windows has loaded your computer will automatically restart it might restart 2 times one to finish the installation the next will be because the operating system is loaded and will boot from your cd hope this helps

Hi,

Three possible reasons:
1. Your IDE cable is defective or is not seated/plug in correctly. Try to replace or re-seat/re-insert;
2. The on-board disk management of the hard disk is corrupted/defective. There is no remedy except to replace the PCboard or the entire hard disk;
3. Your motherboard BIOS/CMOS needs to be flashed and/or something is wrong with the IDE interface.

Of the 3, # 1 is the most common.

Hope this be of help/idea. Pls post back how things turned up or should you need additional information.

good luck and kind regards.

you can find the jumper location next to the power on a hard drive and the settings for plastic jumper location is usually printed on the top of a hard drive IDE-0 means Pri master IDE-1 means Pri slave IDE-2 means Sec master IDE-3 means Sec slave single or master ::::: master with slave ::':: slave :::': black line between dots is plastic jumper note the plastic jumper is ' located at the rear of the hard drive between the EIDE and electrical lead/s

Hi guies ,
                   you haven't specify which kind of error message displayed on screen ,please  do same

Yes it can be used as an external hdd.

This is the only procedure i know and i hope you'll be satisfied.

Things You'll Need

Screwdriver

1

Locate and purchase an IDE to USB cable conversion kit. Insert the driver CD that came with the kit into your computer's CD drive. Follow the instructions on the installation prompt that will appear on your computer's screen to install the conversion cable driver software.

2

Power off the computer once the driver software has finished installing. Remove the power cable and all of the other cords from their ports on the back side of the computer.
3

Set the entire computer case on its side so that the left side panel is facing upwards. Check the back end of the case to determine if the side panel is locked with two case screws or only a metal latch. Disconnect the panel from the case either by removing the screws or by pulling upwards on the latch.
4
An IDE Cable

Pull the side panel off of the computer case and set it aside. Locate the drive that you want to connect with a USB cable. Remove the screws holding the drive into the drive bay. Disconnect one end of the IDE cable from the motherboard, but leave the other end connected to the back side of the drive itself.
5

Remove the drive from the drive bay with its connected IDE cable and set it outside of the computer case. Set the side panel back onto the case and re-attach the metal latch or case screws. Plug the cables back into the computer ports and power the computer back on.
6

Insert the end of the IDE cable that used to be connected to the motherboard into the IDE port on the conversion cable. Plug the male USB end at the other side of the conversion cable into any open USB port on your computer.

Have a nice day friend and i hope this would satisfy your needs.

On your hard drive you have three jumper settings. the one says cs= cable select the other one says sl= slave and the last one says MA= master. take a small sharp nose pliers and take out the jumper and put it at the two pins showing SL. For any queries contact [email protected]

you have to format your hard drive using a third party disc to erase everything on your hard drive

During the boot process you will see on the screen to press a certain key to enter setup

Press and hold that key during the boot up process to enter BIOS the scroll down to advanced bios features press enter change your first boot device to cd,press escape then press f10 to save to cmos to restart

note this will erase you operating system you will have to have an operating system disk to load it onto you hard drive or create a partition to load another operating system

(note after you have loaded the operating system you should go back and change the first boot device to your hard drive)

hope this helps

it's possible but i would not recommend it due to failure and losing all your data...it's simply not worth it, replace it.