better yet, is there a place to get Apple Hardware utilities for a particular machine? ty On Apr 20, 2006, at 8:55 PM, David DelMonte wrote: > I can run this ibook from an external drive ok, but the computer > doesn't recognise the new internal drive. I checked out the new > drive before installing it (plugged it into a case and initialized > it and disk checked it). > > So I've done something to the computer. What utility is there to > check the system unit, the ata boards, cables , cards, etc? > > Thanks