[G4] Hard drive replacement advice, please

[Harry Freeman]

Greetings ( + )!( + )

When you say "repaired HD1 from HD2" do you mean that you cloaned one  
to the other useing CCC?

Cheers

Harry
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On Oct 20, 2009, at 6:57 PM, RELNGSON at aol.com wrote:

> I have two hard drives in my G4 MDD and of course the larger one has  
> a problem. In fact to the point that I don't use it. Both have the  
> same programs so I can switch back and forth with no great effect  
> except for capacity.
>
> The problem is that the color is washed out and cannot be adjusted  
> using System Preferences. I have done extensive testing including  
> swapping out the video card (Radeon 9800 Pro), reinstalled OS  
> 10.4.11 multiple times, reinstalled AOL, repaired HD 1 from HD2,  
> reset permissions many times and on and on. Long after the problem  
> surfaced, I also swapped the processor for a dual 1.6 which changed  
> nothing.
>
> I have come to the conclusion that it is the HD itself since when  
> using HD2, everything is normal. And it is not my 23" Apple Cinema  
> display, either.
>
> I am mainly hanging on to this machine since it is a dual boot  
> version and I still have a few old OS9.2 files I want to look at  
> occasionally.
>
> Now to the question....
>
> The bad HD is a 120gig model and given the prices these days I may  
> as well install something new & larger. Looking at System Profiler,  
> it's indentified as ATA. So, I should order what?
>
> Roger  Ellingson/Seattle  
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