my friend told me that my hard disk is shorted i dont know why, when i plug my power cable

in hard disk, when i turn it on it will automatically shut off in seconds, when you open if

again it wont open anymore, i try to remove my hard disk it was 40GB Hard Disk Seagate Model

ST340015A and then when i turn it on again, its ok nothing wrong in my computer when i only

plug my 40gb hard disk again it will turn off again and again...
pls.. can someone help me i really really appreaciate it!!!! because when my brother and my

sister know somethings wrong in my 40gb hard disk im dead again!!!!!! plssss..... help me!!!!

Leslie,

The particular model you have is a 40GB, 5400rpm IDE drive. With that said, I'm skeptical about it being under warranty anymore... If memory serves, Seagate only had a 3 year warranty on these older drives... Their new ones are 5 year. But, it couldn't hurt to check and see if your drive is still covered by Seagate (http://www.seagate.com ... you'll also need the serial number off the sticker on the drive)

Otherwise, the issues I'd check are:

1) is the underside of the drive making contact with the case? Some (most) models of HD have an exposed circuitboard underneath, and a short _may_ be caused by a piece of metal making contact with some leads on the board

2) have you tried a different molex (4-pin power) plug? the one you were using previously might have developed a short in it

3) was the computer recently moved? fell over? banged? kicked?... Were there other symptoms cropping up before this? Was the drive starting to sound loud?

4) have you tried a different hard drive in the computer? Hard drives take a substantial amount of power draw when the system starts up... if the computer shuts off or power cycles with _any_ hard drive plugged in, the problem might be with the power supply of your computer. It's performance might have decayed (happens from time to time) and it's not supplying enough amperage to the internal components... as soon as the/a hard drive requests +12v at such-and-such amperage, the power supply can't supply it, and it trips the internal breaker in the supply.

Thanks for the info

Respected sir,
Seagate ST340015A that is not response.
i will connected to power and data cabel but they are not response .

please suggest me about its problem

Thank You