[G4] Hard drive dead?

Wed Sep 17 10:50:39 PDT 2003

Jon:
I normally boot from 9.2.2 on a eide drive which works well. The Quantum is
my backup drive on my scsi chain. I have tried to disconnect and reconnect
the drive data and power supply cables without luck. That's when I heard
the clicks coming from the drive that do not sound normal. I can use FWB
tool kit utility and see the volume, but toolbox says it's not available
and to check the drive. I don't think the drive is spinning up.

Mark

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Mark,

Can you boot from the install disk or the OS on another drive?

I've had this problem randomly recur on my 450 DP with my 80G Maxtor
aftermarket
hard drive, which is where OSX resides.  Every so often during startup the
hard drive
is not seen and it defaults into OS9 on the original hard drive.

Sometimes the startup disk control panel will see the new drive, in which
case I can
select the proper volume and reboot back into OSX.

When Startup Disk can't see the new hard drive, I then have to shut down,
open the
case, ground myself to the metal chassis for fun, then remove and replug
the gray
wiring harness connecting the hard drives.  Close case & reboot.  Startup
disk in OS9
then sees the new hard drive , whereupon I can select the OSX volume &
reboot.

Wish there was a simpler method, but it works for me.

YMMV,

Jon

Original Message:
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From: Mark Laurint youdono at comcast.net
Date: Tue, 16 Sep 2003 22:35:01 -0400
To: G4 at lists.themacintoshguy.com
Subject: [G4] Hard drive dead?

Today my quantum atlas V attached to my Atto controller didn't come up on
the G4 sawtooth desktop. After opening the case, checking connections and
restarting, the drive makes a series of three clicks and sounds like it
doesn't spin up. Is the drive dead? Do I have any chances of reviving it to
save data?
Thanks in advance,

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