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FireWire is fast
General, 4 star
USA
1559 Posts |
 Posted - 06 Nov 2001 : 18:49:58
I picked up a 605 with a 14" Color Plus display and keyboard/mouse for 10 bucks (not bad,eh?) at a garage sale Saturday. I brought it home, plugged it in and waited. For some reason it would get stuck at the happy mac face screen and then the hard drive (stock 160mb) made the same reading sound continously. So i pressed the little red reset button on the mobo, and zapped the PRAM a couple of times - both of which didn't do any good. I even plugged in my external 1 gigger and did the little command to bypass startup disk. It would still get stuck on the happy mac and the hd would read. Finally I got fed up and removed the HD, and stuck a completely wiped 160mb hd (same model drive, but from Performa 475) and booted from the external. All is well now...( i thought i'd just share that story with you...)
but if anybody has any idea whats wrong, i'd love to find out whats on that seemingly broken hd
FireWire is fast
General, 4 star
68k Macintosh Liberation Army Edited by - FireWire is fast on 11/06/2001 18:52:47 |
~Coxy
Leader, Tactical Ops Unit
Australia
2822 Posts |
Posted - 06 Nov 2001 : 22:10:32
I'd assume that it may be the HD which has a hardware problem.
i.e. it is irrepairable.~Coxy - Leader, Tactical Operations Unit
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FireWire is fast
General, 4 star
USA
1559 Posts |
Posted - 07 Nov 2001 : 15:12:54
yeah i figured the hd was (physically) trashed....oh well...silly OEM 160mb Quantum drives...(heh, this Forum code stuff is cool 
FireWire is fast
General, 4 star
68k Macintosh Liberation Army
Edited by - FireWire is fast on 07 Nov 2001 15:13:43 |
maclover5
LC Doctor/Hot Rodder
Australia
5830 Posts |
Posted - 07 Nov 2001 : 17:59:11
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yeah i figured the hd was (physically) trashed....oh well...silly OEM 160mb Quantum drives...
yeah i know. The Hackintosh used to have one of those ProDrive ELS 160 meg thingies, and it bit the dust the way i've seen a lot of other ELS drives. By the motor dying. Something, somehow tells me that they used dodgy motors in those drives. Pizzabox LCs RULE!!!!!!! Warrior maclover5
68k Macintosh Liberation Army
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FireWire is fast
General, 4 star
USA
1559 Posts |
Posted - 07 Nov 2001 : 19:02:51
ooo! i just remembered! i could make a wind chime (or something else cool) out of the busted drive just like that guy who sent a letter to MacAddict a month or too ago. whee!!!  do you people get Mac Addict down under? FireWire is fast
General, 4 star
68k Macintosh Liberation Army Edited by - FireWire is fast on 07 Nov 2001 19:03:47 |
~Coxy
Leader, Tactical Ops Unit
Australia
2822 Posts |
Posted - 09 Nov 2001 : 05:52:42
Yeah, but it costs too much. I only have one issue in my collection.~Coxy - Leader, Tactical Operations Unit
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FireWire is fast
General, 4 star
USA
1559 Posts |
Posted - 09 Nov 2001 : 17:19:33
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Yeah, but it costs too much. I only have one issue in my collection.~Coxy - Leader, Tactical Operations Unit
68k Macintosh Liberation Army (now with forums!)
00007 Macs liberated.
I feel sorry for you man...it's such a great mag.
FireWire is fast
General, 4 star
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Flash
Full Member
Australia
637 Posts |
Posted - 09 Nov 2001 : 22:33:24
expensive, and they are a month late!68k MLA ParaMedic |
maclover5
LC Doctor/Hot Rodder
Australia
5830 Posts |
Posted - 10 Nov 2001 : 01:03:50
I get it every month, and i'm not neccesarily rich. But then again, i don't have all the vintage Mac stuff that i want, do i? Pizzabox LCs RULE!!!!!!! Warrior maclover5
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~Coxy
Leader, Tactical Ops Unit
Australia
2822 Posts |
Posted - 10 Nov 2001 : 06:21:19
No one has ALL the stuff that they want, there's still another computer alone somewhere...~Coxy - Leader, Tactical Operations Unit
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LeeMac
Trading Post Commander
USA
202 Posts |
Posted - 10 Nov 2001 : 08:24:49
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No one has ALL the stuff that they want, there's still another computer alone somewhere...~Coxy - Leader, Tactical Operations Unit
68k Macintosh Liberation Army (now with forums!)
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And that is why the 68k MLA came to be!! To find that lonely Mac and give it a home with all our other Mac "STUFF" General LeeMac M.A.C ( Mac Action Commando)
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FireWire is fast
General, 4 star
USA
1559 Posts |
Posted - 11 Nov 2001 : 19:25:41
hmmm, i'd sell my soul for a Quadra 840av with a FWB Jackhammer...any takers FireWire is fast
General, 4 star
68k Macintosh Liberation Army |
~Coxy
Leader, Tactical Ops Unit
Australia
2822 Posts |
Posted - 11 Nov 2001 : 20:08:45
Send me the 840AV and there'll be one slighty-used soul coming your way.~Coxy - Leader, Tactical Operations Unit
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FireWire is fast
General, 4 star
USA
1559 Posts |
Posted - 12 Nov 2001 : 18:03:00
um...~Coxy, i meant that i don't have a Quadra 840av w/ FWB Jackhammer and that i'd be willing to sell my soul for one...dig?FireWire is fast
General, 4 star
68k Macintosh Liberation Army |
~Coxy
Leader, Tactical Ops Unit
Australia
2822 Posts |
Posted - 12 Nov 2001 : 22:00:34
Damn!So, does that mean the going rate for souls is one Quadra + extras? Cool! ~Coxy - Leader, Tactical Operations Unit
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FireWire is fast
General, 4 star
USA
1559 Posts |
Posted - 13 Nov 2001 : 08:03:42
i got to delete a double post!! thanks coxy FireWire is fast
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