On Nov 1, 2010, at 2:20 PM, Gottick International wrote:
OK - this drive has jumpers. As had the old one. In a iMac G5. What about jumper settings?
On SATA drives the jumpers generally aren't used.
Cable looks fine. Conects well. Can one test it in one way or another?
I've wondered about this, you keep saying "cable" when there are two "cables" plural for any SATA HD, one is the data cable, the other is the power cable. Is it possible you're not connecting BOTH cables?
Tried it. Found the small button on the keyboard. No luck.
I don't think you reset the SMU using a "small button on the keyboard"? Here are instructions:
<http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1767?viewlocale=en_US>
I have an old, unbreakable, Quicksilver nearby. Can I try out a 500 gig serial ATA disc on that old warhorse?
Only if you have a PCI SATA card installed, which probably isn't the case unless you bought one as an upgrade item.
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