[SOLVED] Hard drive spins, SATA cable is fine, drive not detected

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My mid 2012 macbook pro uses a HGST 1 TB HDD. One day, the drive started making weird noises. I opened it, and recorded.

[video="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kVyLoUYgSLI"][/video]
 
Solution
If the drive isn't recognized the problem is on the PCB not inside, but by opening it you made any further troubleshooting or repair a waste of time.

bignastyid

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Spinning or not opening it has ruined it. There is a reason they are assembled in a clean room and recovery companies use a clean room. Any spec of dust on the platters ruins the drive.
 
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The data on that drive is not important. Even if the data is corrupted after opening, the HDD should still appear on my finder
 
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I just wanted to see if the flickering was normal lol