Il giorno 9-03-2011 3:03, Ronald Sweet ha scritto:
> The
> icon of a folder then appears, with alternately a left-facing smiling face and
> a question mark on it.
Yes, that means "I'm looking for a System Folder and it seems I can't find
one"... but...
> After a couple of minutes this icon eventually turns
> into a smiling Mac in a Mac Plus frame.
This means "Gotcha! I found it!" (and the boot begins)...
so the HD seems working... but there's something wrong, producing the couple
minutes delay. :-?
> I suspect that I accidentally zapped the drives with
> static electricity.
I'd say that's unlikely. HD are not that fragile. :-)
It's much more likely a cable (data cable - the flat one - or power cable)
have been damaged.
Try to switch the disks (A goes into B position, connected with the B
cables, and viceversa), and check if anything changes.
Lastly, it could be the file system has been corrupted when the power supply
went dead.
Once you get the Mac started, try using "Disk Utility" and check the disks
for errors ("Verify" or "Repair disk").
If you have a System booting CD/DVD (like OSX, or Drive Genius,
DiskWarrior...), you can boot from that and check the disk.
> Install another hard drive?
That's an option... but you would want the data on the "old" HD back.
Besides, it seems your HD(s) works (after the delay). This could be a sign
of failing HD (not much likely), or just a small glitch.
> If so, should it be a Serial ATA drive?
Don't think so! You Mac doesn't have SATA, just PATA (Parallel ATA, or
EIDE).
PATA drives are becoming obsolete, but you should find one, in case.
Or, you could install a SATA PCI card, but it seems overkill to me.
Sometimes I installed used HDs in my Macs, and I was lucky. :-)
OTOH, the problem I had in my 20 year Mac experience, were with two HDs I
bought new. :-/
So, I'd say consider getting an used HD, too (if you really need one).
> The old drives (now useless?) were a 120GB Western Digital IDE drive,
> configured as master, and the original 40GB Ultra ATA/66 7200-rpm, configured
> as slave. The operating system was Tiger 4.11.
I'd say it's impossible you "killed" both drives.
Try testing them outside your Mac (in another Mac, or using an external HD
case), if you can't see them "inside" your Mac.
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