on 2/9/05 3:00 PM, Jeff Ferrell wrote: >The hard drive spins up, and sounds like it's about to >go into '2nd gear' but instead spins back down again, and I get the >question-mark-disk icon on the screen.
He's dead, Jim. (the hard drive, that is) >- Is there a source for replacement hard drives for this model? >- Is there any way to use a *different* internal hard drive with this >model? Any terminated SCSI drive of the same physical dimensions. Upgrade to a faster one with lots more space! To replace the hard drive, you need to get the lower front bezel off, which can be challenging on that model. >- I've tried booting from a floppy disk with 7.5.3 disk tools on it, >but it just spits it out again. Any way I could get *that* to work? (It >has no internal CD drive, I'm afraid.) That should work. Either your disk is bad, or more likely the drive needs cleaning. Floppy drive cleaning disks work pretty well for me. >- I've got an Apple SCSI CD drive, and a 500MB SCSI hard drive; is >there a way I could use them somehow to get the thing running, at >least? (I've used cmd-ctrl-opt-shift to boot from the external HDD, >just to see what would happen, but it gave me an error message saying I >needed at least system 7.0.1; I have *no idea* what's on that HDD...) Either of those would work fine, *if* you had a System on the media that is compatible with your Mac. To force an old Mac like that to boot off of a CD, press Cmd-Opt-Shift-Delete until you see the happy Mac. I wouldn't call your 550 dead, it just has 2 of the 3 most common failures: expired hard drive and dirty floppy drive. (The other common failure is dead PRAM battery). The display system on those is so nice it is probably worth fixing. -- Compact Macs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/>. Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> Compact Macs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/compact.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:compact.macs@mail.maclaunch.com> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive:<http://www.mail-archive.com/compact.macs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
