On 8/1/09 2:20 PM, Chance Reecher wrote: > Have you tried putting it back into the firewire enclosure and seeing > if it still drops out? That'll tell you if it's the drive or something > on your motherboard. Have you tested other drives inside the computer > on the same ATA bus as the 750 that is dropping out? > > On Sat, Aug 1, 2009 at 3:24 PM, Bill Connelly<billycarm...@verizon.net> > wrote: > >> In my QS 2002 Dual 1GHz under 10.5.7, my "750GB Seagate PATA is >> Dropping Out Again". >> >> Details of drive: >> >> ST3750640A >> 7200.10 >> 750GB >> Master setting and on last black connector of cable. >> >> Had this issue before ... wondering if its time to get a replacement >> from Seagate? Its only a year old, with very low use. Used it as an >> external FW drive, but reformatted and cloned all partitions back >> awhile ago for use as an internal drive. >> >> I've replaced the mobo awhile ago as well, and just switched in the >> Apple supplied ATA cable from another Mac, thinking it is a defective >> cable. >> >> New RAM tests OK. >> >> I hear a definitive "multi/single-click", like either the DVD RW and/ >> or Zip Drive is shutting down, then I get a spinning beach ball ... >> then the QS just freezes at that point, or continues to spin the beach >> ball. >> >> Bill I'm very familiar with this multi/single click on my Dell. First I thought it was heat. But I went in there and moved drives around; changed jumpers is what I mean by that. Try putting the HD on its on bus and see what happens. I also thought my machine was short on power but it's happy after moving things around. >> My QS seems to function ok from a clone of the OS X 10.5.7 on an >> external FW enclosure. >> >> Having replaced the DVD RW awhile ago, maybe I didn't have it Jumpered >> properly? (checking) >> >> Ideas? >> >> >> >> >>> >> > > >
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