>Dear List:
>
>A few days ago I purchased a 4GB Barracuda internal hard drive for a
>friend's PowerMac 8500. The hard drive proved to be defective because it
>refused to mount after repeated attempts to do so. I took the drive back to
>the store and exchanged it for another drive.
>I installed this drive and initialised it using Drive Setup. The drive
>initialised perfectly.
...
>Now, I'm left to wonder. Is there something wrong with the hard drives
>themselves? Or, is it an indication of other things running amuck inside my
>friend's 8500?
I don't know how much this will help but... I have a Seagate 4Gb Barracuda
in my 7500. The 7500 and 8500 have nearly identical motherboards. I've
had the drive in for a couple of years at least and it has worked fine.
The only problem I had was that it runs incredibly hot. I installed a
small fan to blow air over the drive which helps a lot.
FWIW.
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Clark Martin
Redwood City, CA, USA
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