Dead G4 DA ?

audioslave · audioslave #1 (**permalink**)

10-31-2010, 08:48 AM

Hi im new here so I wasnt sure where to put this. I have an aging G4 DA which has been serving me quite well recently, I changed the hard drive because my old one died but now I cant install anything on it. Im trying to install Tiger 10.4. When it starts up I can get to the "select destination" screen and no hard drives are showing up despite having formatted the drive (I have tried 5 hd's and nothing) I cant access the Utilities on the DVD, this just causes it to freeze. Is this G4 dead ? If not does anyone have any ideas what it could be.

louishen · louishen #2 (**permalink**)

10-31-2010, 10:34 AM

Is it something to do with the master / slave settings on any of the drive

audioslave · audioslave #3 (**permalink**)

10-31-2010, 01:06 PM

No, i only have one drive in it and its set to master

dtravis7 · dtravis7 #4 (**permalink**)

10-31-2010, 01:50 PM

What brand is the hard drive? Some WD drives if they are the only drive you set it to single.

When booting with the OSX DVD, you try and launch Disk Utility and it freezes?

Another thing to check it the IDE Ribbon cable. Seen a lot of them fail on the G4 Macs as it flexes every time the door is opened and closed.

audioslave · audioslave #5 (**permalink**)

10-31-2010, 05:30 PM

The drive is Seagate. When I try to run ANYTHING from the menu it freezes. I will have to check/change the ribbon cable and see if that works, thanks dtravis7

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dtravis7 #4 (permalink)
Member Since: Jan 04, 2005 Location: Modesto, Ca. Posts: 25,788 Mac Specs: iMac C2D Late 2007 20" with 10.8.3, Macbook Santa Rosa 4GB Ram OSX 10.8.3	10-31-2010, 01:50 PM What brand is the hard drive? Some WD drives if they are the only drive you set it to single. When booting with the OSX DVD, you try and launch Disk Utility and it freezes? Another thing to check it the IDE Ribbon cable. Seen a lot of them fail on the G4 Macs as it flexes every time the door is opened and closed. ...Dennis Mac-Forums Community Guidelines
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audioslave #1 (permalink)
Member Since: Dec 29, 2007 Location: Bristol, England Posts: 7 Mac Specs: G4-Digital Audio-466mhz-1.25GB-120GB HDD	10-31-2010, 08:48 AM Hi im new here so I wasnt sure where to put this. I have an aging G4 DA which has been serving me quite well recently, I changed the hard drive because my old one died but now I cant install anything on it. Im trying to install Tiger 10.4. When it starts up I can get to the "select destination" screen and no hard drives are showing up despite having formatted the drive (I have tried 5 hd's and nothing) I cant access the Utilities on the DVD, this just causes it to freeze. Is this G4 dead ? If not does anyone have any ideas what it could be.
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audioslave #5 (permalink)
Member Since: Dec 29, 2007 Location: Bristol, England Posts: 7 Mac Specs: G4-Digital Audio-466mhz-1.25GB-120GB HDD	10-31-2010, 05:30 PM The drive is Seagate. When I try to run ANYTHING from the menu it freezes. I will have to check/change the ribbon cable and see if that works, thanks dtravis7
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