Maxtor 90645D3 3.5″ hard drive with a storage capacity of 6.4GB and featuring an IDE interface.

All information about the Maxtor 90645D3 hard disk drive: technical parameters, failure symptoms, HDD PCB repair and recommended retailers.

Maxtor 90645D3

Maxtor 90645D3 Technical Details:

Manufacturer:
Maxtor
Hard Disk Model:
90645D3
Disk Family:
DiamondMax VL 30 (Value Line 30)
Form Factor:
3.5″
Capacity:
6.4 GB (6,450 MB)
Number Of Disks:
1 (single platter)
Number Of Heads:
1 (single head)
Rotational Speed:
5400 RPM
Average Seek Time:
9.5 ms (read) / 10.5 ms (write)
Disk Interface:
IDE Ultra ATA/100 (ATA-5/ATA-6)
Buffer Size:
512 KB
External Transfer Rate:
100 MB/s
Mean Time Between Failures (MTBF):
500,000 hours

Maxtor 90645D3 Hard Drives:

  • 90645D3 – 6.4 GB IDE 3.5″ Hard Drive, DiamondMax VL 30 series

Maxtor 90645D3 Failure Symptoms:

  • Electrical Failure Symptoms:
    Drive is powered, but shows no sign of function;
    Disk knocking as the motor fails to spin;
    Clicking sound as the heads search or initialize;
  • Mechanical Failure Symptoms:
    Clicking, grinding sounds;
    Completely quiet due to “motor freeze”;
    “music” tone as the disk is powered up;
  • Logical Failure Examples:
    Accidental deletion, accidental format, file corruption, software bugs, file system corruption, viruses and malware, and many, many more.
  • Firmware Failure Symptoms:
    drive powers up, but is not recognised by the computer;
    Drive powers up, but is recognised wrongly, sometimes with nonsensical characters;
    Drive freezes during booting up;
  • Bad Platter Area Symptoms:
    Hard disk still accessible but appear to “hang” or “sluggish”;
    Constant Cyclic Redundancy (CRC) errors;
    Unable to access folders or files which could be seen;
  • Complex Failure Model

Maxtor 90645D3 HDD PCB Repair:

When it comes to data recovery one of the most common problems Maxtor 90645D3 hard drive experience is a burned circuit board (PCB). Therefore, if you need to replace the PCB, be sure to match the “PCB Number” of the current board, such as 301193100, 011100219, etc.

Best Sellers HDDs

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *