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TiMacLover
Senior Member
USA
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 Posted - 11 May 2002 : 00:42:10
I can't get the hard drive in my 145b to work, all the cables are hooked up but I don't hear it start up, could it be the cable or something?Jeremy "I'll see you on the Dark Side Of The Moon" - Pink Floyd Covert Ops
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maclover5
LC Doctor/Hot Rodder
Australia
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Posted - 11 May 2002 : 04:19:23
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I can't get the hard drive in my 145b to work, all the cables are hooked up but I don't hear it start up, could it be the cable or something?Jeremy "I'll see you on the Dark Side Of The Moon" - Pink Floyd Covert Ops
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Is it an IBM drive? How big is it? I know i'm probably regurgitating questions i've asked you on AIM, but i have had issues with IBM 80 meg PowerBook SCSI HDs that show no signs of life at all. they don't spin up, nothing sees them. -------------------------- Pizzabox LCs RULE!!!!!!! Warrior maclover5
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G4from128k
Full Member
USA
873 Posts |
Posted - 12 May 2002 : 08:40:45
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I can't get the hard drive in my 145b to work, all the cables are hooked up but I don't hear it start up, could it be the cable or something?Jeremy "I'll see you on the Dark Side Of The Moon" - Pink Floyd Covert Ops
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Could it be "stiction"? The original HD in my old Mac II would sometimes not spin-up. At the time there were articles about "stiction", in which residual goo on the platters would glom on to the heads. Try picking up the unit (powered on) and give it a sharp twist (rotate the PB like you are trying to rotate the platters of the HD). Good luck, I know how heartbreaking a seemingly dead disk can be,
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Trash80toG-4
NIGHT STALKER
USA
2899 Posts |
Posted - 12 May 2002 : 08:50:34
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I can't get the hard drive in my 145b to work, all the cables are hooked up but I don't hear it start up, could it be the cable or something?Jeremy "I'll see you on the Dark Side Of The Moon" - Pink Floyd Covert Ops
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Could it be "stiction"? . . . Try picking up the unit (powered on) and give it a sharp twist (rotate the PB like you are trying to rotate the platters of the HD). Good luck, I know how heartbreaking a seemingly dead disk can be,
i've been known to lift up the front of the BabyPB (now dead, btw!<rolleyes>)and let it thump down onto the tabletop to break the drive loose.at one point i suspected stiction to be the culprit and i unhooked the psu in an external case and hooked a dead drive up to a PC PSU. it started right up and ran for years off the wimpy case PSU after that! the articles i saw said to (quickly) back up and replace a drive with the stiction problem tho! jt  ™. .
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Powerbook 145b hard drive issues
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