HDD issues -- HELp!!

[-Ray-]

About 6 months ago i replaced my HDD with a 500 GB Western Digital Scorpio Blue HDD. Everything worked fine until last night. I was using the computer and it began to hang for a miniute and the screen went grey. I pressed the power button and got the question mark.

I tried to repair the drive via disk utlity and it was unable to locate the HDD and partition. i tried mounting it through the terminal and still unsucessful as it cant find it either. I entered Drive Genius 3 and it was also unable to locate the drive.

The drive is spinning and not making any unusual noises. I pulled the cover and checked all of the conections on the cable and they are also fine.

Resetting the PR and SMF did not solve the problem either.. Any ideas.. I dont have another HDD to test my controller or a external case to test the drive either.

My question also, Im still under warrenty, will apple still fix my issue since i replaced the intial drive.

 

[blueroom]

What happened to the original drive?

 

[-Ray-]

I needed extra space. i actually have no idea what happened to the orginal drive. I moved since then.

 

[Bluedog54]

I needed extra space. i actually have no idea what happened to the orginal drive. I moved since then.

oops... my guess is Apple will not honor the warranty unless you replace the WD with the original drive

 

[-Ray-]

okay so i swapped the drive with that of my other mac. doesnt work. it also does not find the new drive in the computer.. im sooo stuck

 

[blueroom]

Make a Genius appointment, tell them you swapped the drive and see what they do. I've talked to a Apple tech that said they'd still honor the warranty. YMMV

 

[-Ray-]

well.. put my drive in the in the other mac.. it boots.. soo lost.. i ques my controller is out? or bad cable? is there a way i can reload the bios or update it