Help. Installing used HD trouble...

[DVDSP]

I bought an ATA/100 HD on eBay, it arrived today. I have never installed a HD before but it looked simple enough.

Here's what I did: screwed the HD into the mount, plugged in data, plugged in HD power.

On reboot (into Panther) I got nothing but a gray screen, not even the Apple logo. I tried several restarts and tried to boot from a couple of different CDs but no go. I got nothing or I got kernel panics.

After unplugging data and power from the HD I was able to restart and everything is normal (I left it in the case though).

The computer it's in is a Dual 450 Graphite G4. Also, the data cable I plugged into the "new" HD is also plugged into the main HD simultaneously.

Any ideas on how to get this to work?

Thanks,

 

[G5orbust]

what are your current jumper settings?

 

[DVDSP]

Originally posted by G5orbust
what are your current jumper settings?

Umm, huh? See, you've already lost me. Sorry. Just treat me like I have no idea what's what. And like I'm distracted by the Victoria's Secret Fashion Show.

 

[thehuncamunca]

there should be a few pictures with dots and bars (representing jumpers), you want to make your hard drive a slave, not a master drive since you already have one in, so you just need to find out where you need to move the jumper to make the hard drive a slave

 

[DVDSP]

Hey guys,

Thanks for you help, everything is working great now! I never even noticed those jumper switches before.

Thanks again,