HDD information:\nDiamondMax Plus9\n120GB ATA/133 HDD\n\nSymptoms:\n1) Not detected by BIOS.\n2) A ringing tones like music from HDD for some time then it stopped. The sound heard in time intervals.\n3) Checked with power max (the diagnostic utility provided by Maxtor Corporation) but it also failed to detect the HDD.
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Oooo, bad noises. If it was a problem with the circuit board I could give a suggestion, but those noises mean that the "heads" that read the data off the platters were hitting something inside the dirve, and from your description of the sounds, I'd say what they were hitting was the platters, where data is stored in a hdd :( Bad news, that. Some of your data would probably still be recoverable, but not at home, not without a clean room. There are companies who specialize in this, but it's expensive, and they usually charge by the megabyte. Google "data recovery specialists" if you want to find one near you.
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I think you are confusing the circuit board on the hard drive with the motherboard. This board is NOT the motherboard. If the hard drive circuit board appears to have a burn mark return it. If the actual motherboard has a burn mark it needs to be investigated.
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Perhaps just the motherboard of the hard drive died. Buy a second hand one exactly the same as yours and swop the boards.
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I can give you a link that deals with hard drive problems.\nSome RAM/hard drive problems can be easily fixed yourself by using easily available tools. I found the info at http://fixit.in  useful. Try this site, if you can get what is required.
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This is an odd problem but not surprising given the fickle nature of computers and their respective accessories. Here are a few suggestions for ya anyway sweetie...\n\n1. Try running a disk check by right clicking My Computer, Properties, going into the Tools tab and clicking on Check Now.\n\n2. Shut down your computer, wait a few minutes and see if the problem is still there.\n\n3. Go to your device manager and see if any audio device is listed. If not, you will probably need to download some drivers or a new sound manager.
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Go to http://www.dell.com/support and look up the BIOS beep codes.
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The armature  of your hard drive might not be working properly and this generally leads to this clicking noise. \n\nSuggestion.\nPlease backup your data as your hard drive will stop working as soon as S.M.A.R.T monitoring in bios reports Failed and thisgenerally happens witing 3 to 4 weeks after the noise starts coming from the HDD(It actually depends the way and time for hich you use your computer).\nIf your had drive is in warrenty then give  it to you hardware vendor .. it will be replaced.
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Why not just go to a Electronics Store and just buy a new hard drive. It doesnt matter if its new or old, the wire that connects them does.
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One, your age doesn't matter.\n\nTwo, how do you know HD is good? Try a diagnostic tool for whatever brand. Is the windows cd good? You may have problem if your Windows is already installed on another system, as your windows license is good for one motherboard.\n\nAre you getting any error messages? You can edit the message in your original question. Remember this much details yield no analysis. Best I can tell you to do is run these different diag tools. Also, make yourself a Ultimate Boot CD and check system with that.
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Very easy to find on the internet:\n\nhttp://www.qdigrp.com/qdisite/eng/Products/A5-133.htm\n\nRam: Maximum would be 768 SD Ram\n\nHard drive space is limited depending on what operating system / file system you are using. If you are using NTFS then almost any size hard drive will be recognized. If you are using an older operating system such as Windows 98 and have Fat or Fat32 installed then you will have troubles recognizing over 80g. The way around the old Fat limitation would be to partition your hard drive in partitions of less than 80g or try to find a patch from Microsoft that addresses the issue.\n\nPartitioning large harddrives is always a good idea though, as it limits defragmentation and keeps your hard drive running longer and smoother.
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hmm, is it a self contained hard drive or an internal one. If it is external, open the thing up and see if you can place it in your pc and use it... \nIf it is internal, you need to be more specific and give more info on how it crashed, if your pc still works, ect. It maybe that it fried, got damaged or somehow got corrupted. If you get no response from it at all( try the variables, changing cables, power outlet, turn on off, install/backup drivers), either consult a personal comp tech to take a look at it, since it's hard to diagnose, or get a new one. Sorry
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I can give you a link that deals with hard drive problems.\nSome RAM/ hard drive problems can be easily fixed yourself by using easily available tools. I found the info at http://fixit.in useful
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I am not certain that the trouble is the hard drive format. Whether you format a drive in FAT or NTFS, it will not cause the drive to be reported incorrectly. That is almost always caused by the BIOS or operating system misreporting the size of the drives. \n\nOlder motherboards, and older operating systems, had drive size limitations, they can't recognize drives over a certain size. \n\nYou should check the BIOS to see how it is reporting the drive sizes and go from there. Here is a good story on FAT and NTFS.\nhttp://www.smartcomputing.com/editorial/article.asp?article=articles/archive/l0606/16l06/16l06.asp\n\n\nIf you are still hoping to convert your hard drive to NTFS, here is some help from Microsoft:\nhttp://support.microsoft.com/kb/307881/
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might be that your cpu overheated....\n\ncould also be software issue..ie..spyware.\n\ncan also be your HD encountered bad error\n\n\nwhat am i trying to say?  that symptom alone is too generic.. could be a lot of causes
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New hard drives are so cheap now that I would not even waste my time debugging the problem. Go out and buy a new cheap drive and give it a shot.
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Check the hard drive's connections. Data...Power...etc.
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Try this -\n\nOpen control panel, then system, then hardware, then device manager, then disk drives, double click on your bad drive and click troubleshoot.\n\nGood Luck