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Apple Computing Products:
macOS - Notebook Hardware
17" PowerBook G4 does not detect internal HDD
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<blockquote data-quote="pm-r" data-source="post: 1827299" data-attributes="member: 175845"><p>That prooves that it can Boot and run fairly normally, but there's something wrong with the internal HDD settings or connections or the drive itself.</p><p></p><p>Maybe deal with a more reliable dealer such as macsales.com for a guaranteed good working IDE Drive if they still even carry them.</p><p></p><p>I guess you could always strap on an external!!! ;-) But I have a suspicion that those models cannot boot from any external USB connected drive, and if so one would have to use firewire or something which I believe is supported.</p><p></p><p>It's been a long time since working on such models I've forgotten a lot of the details.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>- Patrick</p><p>======</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="pm-r, post: 1827299, member: 175845"] That prooves that it can Boot and run fairly normally, but there's something wrong with the internal HDD settings or connections or the drive itself. Maybe deal with a more reliable dealer such as macsales.com for a guaranteed good working IDE Drive if they still even carry them. I guess you could always strap on an external!!! ;-) But I have a suspicion that those models cannot boot from any external USB connected drive, and if so one would have to use firewire or something which I believe is supported. It's been a long time since working on such models I've forgotten a lot of the details. - Patrick ====== [/QUOTE]
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