[G4] WD200EB disk in Mac G4 MDD

[Steven]

Marc van Gemert wrote:

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> Alex <alist at sprint.ca> wrote:

>>Not applicable to the issue. Steven's machine requires cable select.
> 
> Yes I know, but IIRC a while ago some MDDs and/or 2002 QSs had problems with
> their Superdrives not being 'seen' after the 10.2.x update which was fixed
> by changing the jumpers to master/slave, so if it was me I would try
> changing jumpers nevertheless.

Today I lost the drive altogether. When I started up it just made 
clicking noises with short spin up attempts in between. I removed the 
jumper and it still would not mount. But now at least Disk Utility 
listed the drive (but not the volume on it). I proceeded to erase it 
with zero all data option on. At a certain point Disk Utility became 
unresponsive. So I had no choice but force quit it. I shut down and 
booted several times after that with and without the first jumper in 
place but it seems I lost the drive permanently now. It's not a big deal 
really, I had this disk lying around and it would've been nice if I 
could have used it. No important data were lost. Removing the jumper at 
least seemed to give me one chance at rescuing it but it appears the 
drive indeed has some really bad blocks... So it could well be Wayne is 
right... Thanks all for the suggestions,

Steven


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