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Trying to format a new Hard Drive
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<blockquote data-quote="dtravis7" data-source="post: 880543" data-attributes="member: 8287"><p>This is a shot in the dark but here goes. I have the same iMac G5 iSight and for sure the SATA controller is the old SATA 150 and not SATA II (300). Even though SATA II is supposed to be backward compatible I am wondering if that is causing your issue. Check the Seagate site. I am pretty sure there is a jumper that will change it to SATA 150. I know some WD SATA's have that. If so give that a try and see if it formats.</p><p></p><p>This is just a guess but I swear I have seen this before.</p><p></p><p>Also try the Partition tab and set it to 1 partition and under options set it to Apple Partition Map. See if it still sits there.</p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.seagate.com/images/support/en/us/cuda_sata_block.gif" target="_blank">http://www.seagate.com/images/support/en/us/cuda_sata_block.gif</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="dtravis7, post: 880543, member: 8287"] This is a shot in the dark but here goes. I have the same iMac G5 iSight and for sure the SATA controller is the old SATA 150 and not SATA II (300). Even though SATA II is supposed to be backward compatible I am wondering if that is causing your issue. Check the Seagate site. I am pretty sure there is a jumper that will change it to SATA 150. I know some WD SATA's have that. If so give that a try and see if it formats. This is just a guess but I swear I have seen this before. Also try the Partition tab and set it to 1 partition and under options set it to Apple Partition Map. See if it still sits there. [url]http://www.seagate.com/images/support/en/us/cuda_sata_block.gif[/url] [/QUOTE]
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