03-31-2007, 05:49 AM
Doesn't sound like anything you did would have killed the drive. Possibilities I can think of that you did not mention trying would be using a different FW cable, checking that no jumper came off, or if the ribbon cable needs reseating in the case. Drive power supply could have gone bad as well, but I have not seen that very often. And sometimes you get a drive that fails early through the luck of the draw.