Thanks for your help what I did was I got a drive from a friends broken 17 inch iMac and flipped the connectors and it works now. Thank you, -Drew On Jun 4, 2012, at 9:52 AM, gifutiger wrote:
> 1st thing to do is try another connector cable, then try another drive. > > On Sunday, June 3, 2012 12:34:45 PM UTC-7, Drew Alleman wrote: > I have a second hand 20 inch G5 iMac that I am working on. When ever I > install the DVD drive into the machine it refuses to boot. Does this > mean a bad motherboard? If not what dos it mean? > > -- > You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a group > for those using Apple iMacs and eMacs. > The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/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 leave this group, send email to [email protected] > For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist -- You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a group for those using Apple iMacs and eMacs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/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 leave this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist
