nope. sounds like the drive is failing to me. pretty much it.

If you want to get a little bit crafty, you can stick an ammeter in between the drive molex and motherboard to measure the current draw. if the motor is going bad, itll be drawing locked rotor amperage for an excessively long period of time while the motor controller is trying to start it up. If i am not mistaken, i think they are 3-phase motors that are driven by a controller IC, kinda like a stepper. Or if its unable to draw hardly any current at all, could be power supply.