[Ti] Is there a trick to replacing a hard drive?

[Malcolm Cornelius]

> We have a 867 MHz Ti.  The 40 GB hard drive was making noises and the system
> was freezing.  Since we don't use this for much, I bought a 20 GB ATA hard
> drive on eBay and replaced it.  Everything went together fine, but when I
> boot off our Tiger install DVD and open Disk Utility to format the new
> drive, it ain't there.  It's also not there in System Profiler > ATA.
> 
> Did I miss a step?  I've checked the connector twice to verify that I did
> not offset any of the pins.
> 
> It is a Toshiba MK20118GAP, HDD2164.  It also says COMPAQ P/N 249493-001.
> 
> Did I get a bad hard drive?  Is the downsizing from 40 GB to 20 GB possibly
> illegal?

Should be no issue.

Check that the connector to the logic board is connected.

Use Disc Util to reformat if necessary

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Best wishes

Malcolm Cornelius - The Powerbook Fanatic
http://www.pbfanatic.co.uk