bigD
Well-known member
Hey all - as you might know, I've been enjoying my 1.5GHz DA G4 running 10.4 for about a month now, but I've encountered a problem.
The HDD began making a repeating griding sound. It's kind of hard to explain, but basically the computer will pause with the spinning ball for about 20 seconds while it does this, then go back to normal. It does it during boot, and again while trying to run the certain apps, including the disk diagnostic tool. Now, this did occur when I first got the computer while trying to install 10.4, but I restarted the installation and it went away. I didn't think about it again until today, when it came back. I think the HDD is beginning to crash. Not too big of an issue, since I have a spare 40GB drive to use.
But here's the problem - that very same 10.4 install DVD that worked flawlessly is now always telling me that I need to restart my computer. It doesn't matter if any HDD is connected at all, booting to the DVD just results in a screen that tells me I need to reboot. So now that I can't boot to the DVD, I have no way of installing 10.4 on the new drive.
Does anyone know of a way around this?
The HDD began making a repeating griding sound. It's kind of hard to explain, but basically the computer will pause with the spinning ball for about 20 seconds while it does this, then go back to normal. It does it during boot, and again while trying to run the certain apps, including the disk diagnostic tool. Now, this did occur when I first got the computer while trying to install 10.4, but I restarted the installation and it went away. I didn't think about it again until today, when it came back. I think the HDD is beginning to crash. Not too big of an issue, since I have a spare 40GB drive to use.
But here's the problem - that very same 10.4 install DVD that worked flawlessly is now always telling me that I need to restart my computer. It doesn't matter if any HDD is connected at all, booting to the DVD just results in a screen that tells me I need to reboot. So now that I can't boot to the DVD, I have no way of installing 10.4 on the new drive.
Does anyone know of a way around this?