on 8/19/04 5:47 PM, flawed jai at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > that's what i thought, Peter! > but look at Jeff's answer! > ----- > soooooooo...put yourself in my place. you open up your performa 6360 mac > and look at the hard drive, and the red stripe is facing away from the > molex. you've never gotten this mac to boot from the hard drive since > you acquired it. it will read cd's in the cd rom drive. and that's all > the farther you've ever gotten with it. the last owner swears he ran it > just fine, right up until the day he gave it to you 2 years ago..what do > you think? what do you do next? > > -janet- > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Solve it thusly: Put in a bootable CD. Make it's Drive Setup find the drives on the bus. If you see the hard drive but can't access it, think power cable or stiction. If you don't see the drive, power down, pull the drive and reverse the cable. Do part one again. See the HD? Jeff -- PCI-PowerMacs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Sonnet & PowerLogix Upgrades - start at $169 | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> PCI-PowerMacs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/pci-powermacs.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive:<http://www.mail-archive.com/pci-powermacs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
