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Apple Computing Products:
macOS - Desktop Hardware
G4 - Won't boot - No startup volumes available
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<blockquote data-quote="mf666" data-source="post: 1056483" data-attributes="member: 150934"><p>Often the DVD will not appear until you click the curved arrow to rescan the bus. Regarding replacing the hard drive (if you haven't tested it in Disk Utility while booted to the DVD, don't replace it!!!), there are two ATA buses: one is ATA 100, the other is ATA66. USE 80-conductor cable for BOTH buses. Put the startup drive on the ATA100 bus (near the rear of the case). For the ATA-100 bus, DO NOT SET THE JUMPERS FOR MASTER /SLAVE!!! Always set jumpers (whether for one or two drives) on an ATA-100 bus to CS (cable select). ALWAYS!!! This applies to all computers, Mac or PC. For a PowerMac G4 MDD, you can also set the ATA-66 bus drives to CS. I have four internal hard drives in a PMG4 MDD and it works great with all drives set to CS. If I set any to slave / master, odd things happen including not being seen by the logic board at all.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="mf666, post: 1056483, member: 150934"] Often the DVD will not appear until you click the curved arrow to rescan the bus. Regarding replacing the hard drive (if you haven't tested it in Disk Utility while booted to the DVD, don't replace it!!!), there are two ATA buses: one is ATA 100, the other is ATA66. USE 80-conductor cable for BOTH buses. Put the startup drive on the ATA100 bus (near the rear of the case). For the ATA-100 bus, DO NOT SET THE JUMPERS FOR MASTER /SLAVE!!! Always set jumpers (whether for one or two drives) on an ATA-100 bus to CS (cable select). ALWAYS!!! This applies to all computers, Mac or PC. For a PowerMac G4 MDD, you can also set the ATA-66 bus drives to CS. I have four internal hard drives in a PMG4 MDD and it works great with all drives set to CS. If I set any to slave / master, odd things happen including not being seen by the logic board at all. [/QUOTE]
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