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SATA drive in an iBook G4, 1.33 GHz? Does it affect the trackpad?
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<blockquote data-quote="evolutionairy" data-source="post: 1268185" data-attributes="member: 201447"><p>Hello!</p><p></p><p>I recently acquired an iBook G4, 1.33 GHz, 512 Mb on-board RAM, with a 40 Gb hard drive and no operating system (INSANELY cheap - couldn't resist!). </p><p></p><p>I had a 1 Gb RAM chip, slotted that. Had a 150 Gb SATA drive: pulled the connector off, swapped it with the 40 Gb drive's, and it fit perfectly. I went to install OS X 10.5 (retail disc) and it asked for a mouse. I figured I hadn't connected the trackpad cable, so I went ahead with the install, and when finished, I opened up the RAM compartment and pushed the cable in a little more snugly. Still no trackpad. </p><p></p><p>Not having a lot of experience with iBooks, I got a new top-case, swapped them, and the trackpad STILL doesn't work. (Because of this and the fact that I have sound, I don't <em>think</em> it's a hardware problem or that I ripped anything)</p><p></p><p>So my question is this: could it be because I've got a SATA drive instead of a PATA drive in there? (Ran all the software updates, verified the disk permissions, verified the hard disk - checked out OK). OR do I just need to re-install everything? (An aside - I downloaded SideTrack 1.5 but every time I try to open it in the system preferences it tells me to restart to install the drivers; I restart, no drivers.)</p><p></p><p>Any clues are much appreciated! </p><p></p><p>Amy</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="evolutionairy, post: 1268185, member: 201447"] Hello! I recently acquired an iBook G4, 1.33 GHz, 512 Mb on-board RAM, with a 40 Gb hard drive and no operating system (INSANELY cheap - couldn't resist!). I had a 1 Gb RAM chip, slotted that. Had a 150 Gb SATA drive: pulled the connector off, swapped it with the 40 Gb drive's, and it fit perfectly. I went to install OS X 10.5 (retail disc) and it asked for a mouse. I figured I hadn't connected the trackpad cable, so I went ahead with the install, and when finished, I opened up the RAM compartment and pushed the cable in a little more snugly. Still no trackpad. Not having a lot of experience with iBooks, I got a new top-case, swapped them, and the trackpad STILL doesn't work. (Because of this and the fact that I have sound, I don't [I]think[/I] it's a hardware problem or that I ripped anything) So my question is this: could it be because I've got a SATA drive instead of a PATA drive in there? (Ran all the software updates, verified the disk permissions, verified the hard disk - checked out OK). OR do I just need to re-install everything? (An aside - I downloaded SideTrack 1.5 but every time I try to open it in the system preferences it tells me to restart to install the drivers; I restart, no drivers.) Any clues are much appreciated! Amy [/QUOTE]
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