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<FONT FACE="Verdana"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:12.0px'>What OS are you running on the G5? Many external hard drives require OS 10.4 (Tiger) or newer.. <BR>
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on 12/28/08 7:44 PM, Pat Crowe at crowesnest@aapt.net.au wrote:<BR>
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<FONT COLOR="#000098">> I have two LaCie 250gb external firewire hard drives.<BR>
> Both spin up when power is applied but neither show up on the Desktop <BR>
> of my iMac G5. I have tried with two different firewire cables.<BR>
> Referring to the Internet, it seems that many people have the same <BR>
> trouble with external hard drives. This doesn't add up to me. What is <BR>
> so difficult? Should be a simple plug and play situation.<BR>
> Meanwhile, as neither drive is recognised, I am unable to apply any <BR>
> testing or updating to them. Seems like a lost cause.<BR>
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> iMac 20" G5, 2gb RAM, 250gb HDD.<BR>
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