1782 Disk Controller Failure (on compaq armada m300)

coolpunkskater · 2 Dec 2008 at 18:30

Ok so i know its a old notebook but keeps kids off my dual core

So make a long story short kids anit been on laptop for about 2 weeks ive gone to go on it and now get

1782 Disk Controller Failure

Am i right in thinking the hdd has gone ? theres also a "rattle" that comes from it as ive had it out and back in to make sure its in there right

thanks for any help that might come off this :cool:

Tute · 2 Dec 2008 at 18:59

How old is it?

coolpunkskater · 2 Dec 2008 at 20:05

errrrm 8 years ish i would say theres a Windows 2000 cd key on it

coolpunkskater · 3 Dec 2008 at 14:26

too old for people here then i guest lol

And google dont seem to shed light on it either :eek:

rpstewart · 3 Dec 2008 at 14:31

coolpunkskater said:
too old for people here then i guest lol

And google dont seem to shed light on it either

Looks to be plenty on there to me

Looks like a failure of the HDD PCB itself. It should be a standard 2.5" HDD (might be inside a caddy of a form) so you could use an external case or the like to check whether it works on another machine.

coolpunkskater · 3 Dec 2008 at 19:24

rpstewart said:
Looks to be plenty on there to me

Looks like a failure of the HDD PCB itself. It should be a standard 2.5" HDD (might be inside a caddy of a form) so you could use an external case or the like to check whether it works on another machine.

Cheers i never saw much i did look quickly thou thou the red mist i had

I think fleaby should have it as "untested"