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Power Mac G4 Hard Drive replacement
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<blockquote data-quote="bwanojohnny" data-source="post: 892238" data-attributes="member: 116855"><p>Thank you sir. It is not a mirrored drive door.</p><p>I replaced the lower drive with the new Hitachi and upon start up I still have chirping. So I put the Hitachi in the upper drive. Still chirping. Now I put it back in the lower drive and put the original that was in the bottom up in the top. If it still chirps, I'll get another new hard drive for the top. This will take a few more days, but I'm getting really good at this R&R.</p><p></p><p>Ok chirping gone. Now I have grey screen with happy file and ? mark alternating. </p><p></p><p>I backed up the hard drive onto a new external hard drive a few days ago. I used the install CD and disk utility to make a disk Image.</p><p></p><p></p><p>I thought I would be able to power up and hit the eject button to get the install CD in the tray. </p><p></p><p>What is the next step? Power off and hook up the External Hard drive first?</p><p></p><p>This was the only 133 Drive that New Egg offered that was actually an upgrade, but considered OEM,</p><p></p><p>Is there any thing else that could be chirping on the computer?</p><p></p><p>It is conceiveable that both hard drives began to chirp at the same general time frame</p><p></p><p>Before I spend hours reloading software, I want to get the hardware right.</p><p>Thank you for your help.</p><p>John</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="bwanojohnny, post: 892238, member: 116855"] Thank you sir. It is not a mirrored drive door. I replaced the lower drive with the new Hitachi and upon start up I still have chirping. So I put the Hitachi in the upper drive. Still chirping. Now I put it back in the lower drive and put the original that was in the bottom up in the top. If it still chirps, I'll get another new hard drive for the top. This will take a few more days, but I'm getting really good at this R&R. Ok chirping gone. Now I have grey screen with happy file and ? mark alternating. I backed up the hard drive onto a new external hard drive a few days ago. I used the install CD and disk utility to make a disk Image. I thought I would be able to power up and hit the eject button to get the install CD in the tray. What is the next step? Power off and hook up the External Hard drive first? This was the only 133 Drive that New Egg offered that was actually an upgrade, but considered OEM, Is there any thing else that could be chirping on the computer? It is conceiveable that both hard drives began to chirp at the same general time frame Before I spend hours reloading software, I want to get the hardware right. Thank you for your help. John [/QUOTE]
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