[mythtv-users] [OT] Dead hard drive - no partition table.

[HP-mini]

On Mon, 2013-06-03 at 11:31 +1200, Nick Rout wrote:
> 
> 
> On Sun, Jun 2, 2013 at 5:00 AM, Simon Hobson <linux at thehobsons.co.uk>
> wrote:
>         Nick Rout wrote:
>         > I have removed it from the backend and attached it to my
>         laptop with a USB/Sata Bridge
>         
>         
>         Stick it back in the backend (or any computer with a direct
>         SATA connection and run "smartctl -a /dev/sdx" - it'll tell
>         you the state of the drive. You can't do this through SATA/USB
>         (or SATA/Firewire) bridges as they don't seem to support SMART
>         tools.
> 
> 
> Just did that and the card deosn't even seem to be recognised now. I
> guess it is properly dead, instead of just playing dead. *sigh*.
> Bugger. 
> 
I've used Tortise's suggested controller board swap before with success.
That was back with the clicking-lockup firmware bug.