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<div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Helvetica" size="3" color="#0020d8" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: #0020d8">I don't understand how a drive could cause this. I would try swapping the positions of the 2 drives (verify jumpers). See if the problem follows the drive or remains with the position. Maybe a cable or connector problem?</font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 14px; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Helvetica" size="3" color="#0020d8" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: #0020d8">I have been using Hitachi drives for about 5 years now in 7 Macs including 3 ibooks, and a dual 1Ghz MDD. No problems. I have two (2) 250 Gb drives in the MDD. I pick a drive and buy it where I get the best price. The link below shows Hitachi drives for your machine. </font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 14px; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Helvetica" size="3" color="#0020d8" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: #0020d8">Dan</font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; color: rgb(0, 32, 216); min-height: 14px; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Helvetica" size="3" color="#0023e9" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: #0023e9"><a href="http://www.hitachigst.com/portal/site/en/template.MAXIMIZE/menuitem.81460ed582456489760062f6aac4f0a0/?javax.portlet.tpst=5b1ca30c0812ff36f1ba137fdf243c48_ws_MX&javax.portlet.prp_5b1ca30c0812ff36f1ba137fdf243c48_viewID=middle_view&beanID=664948165&viewID=middle_view&javax.portlet.begCacheTok=com.vignette.cachetoken&javax.portlet.endCacheTok=com.vignette.cachetoken"><u>http://www.hitachigst.com/portal/site/en/template.MAXIMIZE/menuitem.81460ed582456489760062f6aac4f0a0/?javax.portlet.tpst=5b1ca30c0812ff36f1ba137fdf243c48_ws_MX&javax.portlet.prp_5b1ca30c0812ff36f1ba137fdf243c48_viewID=middle_view&beanID=664948165&viewID=middle_view&javax.portlet.begCacheTok=com.vignette.cachetoken&javax.portlet.endCacheTok=com.vignette.cachetoken</u><u></u></a></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; color: rgb(0, 32, 216); min-height: 14px; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; color: rgb(0, 32, 216); min-height: 14px; ">On Oct 20, 2009, at 9:57 PM, <a href="mailto:RELNGSON@aol.com"><font color="#0023e9" style="color: #0023e9"><u>RELNGSON@aol.com</u></font></a> wrote:</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Geneva" size="2" style="font: 10.0px Geneva">I have two hard drives in my G4 MDD and of course the larger one has a problem.</font></div> </body></html>