HM040GI Samsung 2.5″ hard drive with a storage capacity of 40GB and featuring a SATA interface. HM040GI Samsung Spinpoint M 40GB 5400RPM SATA 1.5Gbps 2MB Cache 2.5-inch Internal Hard Drive.
All information about the Samsung HM040GI hard disk drive: technical parameters, failure symptoms, free asked questions, reviews, HDD repair and data recovery.
Samsung HM040GI Technical Details:
- Manufacturer: Samsung
- Manufacturer Website: www.samsunghdd.com
- Manufacturer Part No: HM040GI/D
- Product Series or Family: SpinPoint M80S
- Product Type: Internal Hard Drive
- Storage Capacity: 40GB
- Spindle Speed: 5400RPM
- Drive Interface: 2.5Inch
- Form Factor: SATA 1.5Gbps
- Cache: 2MB
Samsung HM040GI Hard Drives:
- HM040GI, HM040GI/D, FW AA100-12, M80S, Samsung 40GB SATA 2.5″ Hard Drive
- Saumsung HM040GI, 5400RPM, 40GB SATA 2.5″ HDD
Samsung HM040GI 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
Samsung HM040GI Data Recovery & HDD Repair:
When it comes to data recovery one of the most common problems Samsung HM040GI Hard Disk Drive experience is burnt circuit board(PCB). So if you will need to match a replacement PCB, it is important that you note the “Board Number” of your current circuit board in addition to the hard drive’s “Model Number“.
Multiple PCB Number revisions:
BF41-00105A, etc.