yh its dead! tried to just connect the power with no data cable and that should spin it up no matter what settings ur pc are on, but nothing! no spin, no clicking, nothing! cant get anything back if the drive wont spin up! tried the old knock off the wall trick too in case it was jammed somehow but that didnt help! so i just see it as its dead and not much i can do about it!
i see on the net that there is a small chance that if i replace the pcb with an identicle one i may be able to get it running long enough to back it up, but thats if it IS the pcb and not the motor! even then there is no guarantee swapping the pcb will work! sux, but my fault for not backing it up sooner!