I have a PowerMac 7300/180 with OS 8.1. All the Mac OS's I've had on this computer - OS 8.1,8.1 DTE (Disk tools edition, pitiful, I know.), 7.5.5 - have had this problem... sometimes, when the computer goes into sleep mode, or if just the hard disk "sleeps," it makes a wierd sound, then nothing when it "wakes up." After that the hard disk won't read, write, or anything, and I can just run on ram until it locks up, and I have to power off. The only OS that hasn't done this for me is Yellow Dog Linux 3.0, so I think it may yet have something to do with Mac OS. Has anybody else had this problem? Will getting 8.5/8.6 fix it? My dad has a 7200/90 with 8.6 and has never had this problem.
First off, is it an Apple ROMed Drive. Doesn't sound like it. Several 3rd party drives do not respond well to the MacOS wake up call. Work Around: Go to Energy Saver control panel and change the setting for the HD to "never".
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