On Sun, Oct 4, 2009 at 11:52 PM, Kris Tilford wrote:
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> On Oct 4, 2009, at 10:58 PM, Stephen Conrad wrote:
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>>> I thought the SuperDrive could read DVDs. Mine doesn't seem to
>>> want to do that.
>
> Opps! The GCE-8240B ISN'T a SuperDrive, or even a Combo Drive, it's a
> CD-RW drive ONLY, this
On Oct 4, 2009, at 10:58 PM, Stephen Conrad wrote:
>> I thought the SuperDrive could read DVDs. Mine doesn't seem to
>> want to do that.
Opps! The GCE-8240B ISN'T a SuperDrive, or even a Combo Drive, it's a
CD-RW drive ONLY, this means NO DVDs at all. Only CDs and CDRW media.
> Model:
On Sun, Oct 4, 2009 at 9:46 PM, Dan wrote:
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> At 6:15 PM -0500 10/4/2009, Stephen Conrad wrote:
>>I thought the SuperDrive could read DVDs. Mine doesn't seem to
>>want to do that.
>
> It should. What does it say in System Profiler?
HL-DT-ST CD-RW GCE-8240B:
Capacity: 807.16 MB
Model:
At 6:15 PM -0500 10/4/2009, Stephen Conrad wrote:
>I thought the SuperDrive could read DVDs. Mine doesn't seem to
>want to do that.
It should. What does it say in System Profiler?
- Dan.
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- Psychoceramic Emeritus; South Jersey, USA, Earth.
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On Sun, Sep 27, 2009 at 9:11 PM, Dan wrote:
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> At 8:07 PM -0500 9/27/2009, Stephen Conrad wrote:
>>OK, according to Apple techs I should be able to put an HD on the same
>>cable as my Super Drive.
>>I the HD and it never shows up. I was told to set it Cable Select and
>>I did this. No Luck.
>>I
At 8:07 PM -0500 9/27/2009, Stephen Conrad wrote:
>OK, according to Apple techs I should be able to put an HD on the same
>cable as my Super Drive.
>I the HD and it never shows up. I was told to set it Cable Select and
>I did this. No Luck.
>Ideas as to how to make this work?
Verify that the Sup
On Sun, Sep 27, 2009 at 9:07 PM, Stephen Conrad wrote:
> OK, according to Apple techs I should be able to put an HD on the same
> cable as my Super Drive.
> I the HD and it never shows up. I was told to set it Cable Select and
> I did this. No Luck.
I'm not clear on all of the possible context
OK, according to Apple techs I should be able to put an HD on the same
cable as my Super Drive.
I the HD and it never shows up. I was told to set it Cable Select and
I did this. No Luck.
Ideas as to how to make this work?
--
Steve Conrad
Henrietta, MO 64036
"The time has come for mankind to gr
On Aug 28, 2009, at 6:50 PM, Stephen Conrad wrote:
> I formatted the new HD using Disk Utility
> CCC says it will not boot PowerPC Macs as they must be partitioned
> with the Apple Partition Map format (it is formatted JUST like the old
> HDMac OS Extended (Journaled)
No. You've got to selec
On Aug 28, 2009, at 6:46 PM, Stephen Conrad wrote:
> I copied the Master setting off the old HD and the Slave one off the
> other HD (it is listed).
Different brands of HDs use completely different jumper locations, so
if you're "copying" the location of the jumpers from one drive to
another
On Fri, Aug 28, 2009 at 9:49 AM, Bill Connelly wrote:
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>
> On Aug 28, 2009, at 7:55 AM, Stephen Conrad wrote:
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>> OK, the HD that came in this G4 is dying
>> I cloned the HD to another HD I own
>> I then tried to swap out the HDs after telling (in System Prefs) he
>> machine to boot from the
>On Aug 28, 2009, at 7:55 AM, Stephen Conrad wrote:
>
>>
>> OK, the HD that came in this G4 is dying
>> I cloned the HD to another HD I own
>> I then tried to swap out the HDs after telling (in System Prefs) he
>> machine to boot from the new HD
>> However, it REFUSES to boot unless the old f
At 6:46 PM -0500 8/28/2009, Stephen Conrad wrote:
> > Maybe the Master / Slave settings are causing the control issues?
>
>I copied the Master setting off the old HD and the Slave one off the
>other HD (it is listed)
Are the drives identical make/model? Not all drives use the same
jumper block
On Fri, Aug 28, 2009 at 11:44 AM, Clark Martin wrote:
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> Stephen Conrad wrote:
>> OK, the HD that came in this G4 is dying
>> I cloned the HD to another HD I own
>> I then tried to swap out the HDs after telling (in System Prefs) he
>> machine to boot from the new HD
>> However, it REFUSES to boo
On Fri, Aug 28, 2009 at 9:45 AM, Bill Connelly wrote:
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>
> On Aug 28, 2009, at 7:55 AM, Stephen Conrad wrote:
>
>>
>> OK, the HD that came in this G4 is dying
>> I cloned the HD to another HD I own
>> I then tried to swap out the HDs after telling (in System Prefs) he
>> machine to boot from the
At 9:44 AM -0700 8/28/2009, Clark Martin wrote:
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>What do you mean it REFUSES to boot (little pickets walking around
>the computer :) )?
sigh. I really should keep some paper towels in here.
- Dan.
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- Psychoceramic Emeritus; South Jersey, USA, Earth.
--~--~-~--~~~-
Stephen Conrad wrote:
> OK, the HD that came in this G4 is dying
> I cloned the HD to another HD I own
> I then tried to swap out the HDs after telling (in System Prefs) he
> machine to boot from the new HD
> However, it REFUSES to boot unless the old failing HD is present.
> How do I force he ma
On Aug 28, 2009, at 4:55 AM, Stephen Conrad wrote:
>
> OK, the HD that came in this G4 is dying
> I cloned the HD to another HD I own
> I then tried to swap out the HDs after telling (in System Prefs) he
> machine to boot from the new HD
> However, it REFUSES to boot unless the old failing HD is
On Aug 28, 2009, at 7:55 AM, Stephen Conrad wrote:
>
> OK, the HD that came in this G4 is dying
> I cloned the HD to another HD I own
> I then tried to swap out the HDs after telling (in System Prefs) he
> machine to boot from the new HD
> However, it REFUSES to boot unless the old failing HD is
At 6:55 AM -0500 8/28/2009, Stephen Conrad wrote:
>OK, the HD that came in this G4 is dying
>I cloned the HD to another HD I own
>I then tried to swap out the HDs after telling (in System Prefs) he
>machine to boot from the new HD
>However, it REFUSES to boot unless the old failing HD is present.
On Aug 28, 2009, at 7:55 AM, Stephen Conrad wrote:
>
> OK, the HD that came in this G4 is dying
> I cloned the HD to another HD I own
> I then tried to swap out the HDs after telling (in System Prefs) he
> machine to boot from the new HD
> However, it REFUSES to boot unless the old failing HD is
be partly working,
partly corrupted.
Cheers,
Andreas aka Mac User #330250
-- Original message --
Subject: Re: Help! HD Issues
Date:Freitag, 28. August 2009N
From:Clark Martin
To: g3-5-list@googlegroups.com
> Stephen Conrad wrote:
> > OK, the HD that came
Stephen Conrad wrote:
> OK, the HD that came in this G4 is dying
> I cloned the HD to another HD I own
> I then tried to swap out the HDs after telling (in System Prefs) he
> machine to boot from the new HD
> However, it REFUSES to boot unless the old failing HD is present.
> How do I force he mac
OK, the HD that came in this G4 is dying
I cloned the HD to another HD I own
I then tried to swap out the HDs after telling (in System Prefs) he
machine to boot from the new HD
However, it REFUSES to boot unless the old failing HD is present.
How do I force he machine to let me take out the bad HD
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