I found the culprit the new 500 GB Seagate HDD, that have just the SATA ribbon, & the Power Ribbon, seemed to be dropped, while shipping, keeping the platters from spinning
i tested the other HDD (160 GB Maxter HDD) with the tiny 4 pin connector , that's on the bottom of the HDD toward the other end. with the tiny 4 pin connector, left unplugged, and my iMac iSight booted right up, with just the Power/SATA ribbon connected. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
