No responses yet -- let me try again. Chuck
On Nov 28, 2004, at 8:58 PM, Charles Parsons wrote: > Hey group, > > I have an iMac-DV graphite G3-400mHz running OS 10.3 and it no longer > "boots up" when it's turned on. The hard drive makes a > clickatey-claketey sound as it comes on and then it goes to a gray > screen. I've tried using the disk utility by booting from the OSX > install CD to no avail. When I tried DiskWarrior, it recognized only > the DiskWarrior CD. When I clicked on "Hardware", it asks "Choose a > disk device to test" and "Maxtor Meteor" is the only option. When I > then click on "Test device", get this info: > > Starting new test on... > Device: Maxtor METEOR > Serial Number: (blank) > Type: ATA Device (Master) > When: Thu Apr 1 00:11:04 PST 1976 > > The hard drive does not have built-in S.M.A.R.T. diagnostics. > > Test completed. > > > Does this mean the hard drive is dead? > > Thanks in advance for your help. I've learned much by reading the > posts on this list for the past couple of years. > > > > | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will > | be January 25. The LCS Web page is <http://www.kymac.org>. > | List posting address: <mailto:macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu> > | List Web page: <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup> > | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will | be January 25. The LCS Web page is <http://www.kymac.org>. | List posting address: <mailto:macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu> | List Web page: <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup>
