I just installed a 500gb WD Caviar Blue in SATA bay #4, for purposes of running OS 10.6.3 I currently run 10.4.11 from the original HD.
NO problems the first few days with the new HD. On day 3, when I powered up, all i got was a blank gray screen. I removed the newly installed HD, I was then able to reboot perfectly.
I then installed the drive again and the computer was able to recognize the drive, i then formatted the drive, and installed 10.6 on it, which took quite some time. When i reboot from the new drive, it took forever to start up- with sounds that the drive was going to sleep. When Snow Leopard was finally up and running, everything ran incredibly slow. When i boot from my original HD, everything works perfectly smooth- then it says the new drive can't be read by the computer, even though the icon still pops up.
Could it be a faulty drive? -or maybe a problem with a disabled SATA port, one that maybe not getting enough power? Does anyone have any ideas??
Any help would be appreciated! Thanks!
NO problems the first few days with the new HD. On day 3, when I powered up, all i got was a blank gray screen. I removed the newly installed HD, I was then able to reboot perfectly.
I then installed the drive again and the computer was able to recognize the drive, i then formatted the drive, and installed 10.6 on it, which took quite some time. When i reboot from the new drive, it took forever to start up- with sounds that the drive was going to sleep. When Snow Leopard was finally up and running, everything ran incredibly slow. When i boot from my original HD, everything works perfectly smooth- then it says the new drive can't be read by the computer, even though the icon still pops up.
Could it be a faulty drive? -or maybe a problem with a disabled SATA port, one that maybe not getting enough power? Does anyone have any ideas??
Any help would be appreciated! Thanks!