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Taka13

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Original poster
Mar 21, 2008
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Current Set-Up

Model Name: Power Mac G5
Model Identifier: PowerMac7,3
Processor Name: PowerPC G5 (2.2)
Processor Speed: 2 GHz
Number Of CPUs: 2
L2 Cache (per CPU): 512 KB
Memory: 1 GB
Bus Speed: 1 GHz
Boot ROM Version: 5.1.8f7

Serial-ATA Bus:

ST3160023AS:

Capacity: 149.05 GB
Model: ST3160023AS
Revision: 3.05
Serial Number: 3JS36APG
Removable Media: No
Detachable Drive: No
BSD Name: disk0
Protocol: ata
Unit Number: 0
Socket Type: Serial-ATA
Bay Name: "A (upper)"
Mac OS 9 Drivers: No
Partition Map Type: APM (Apple Partition Map)
S.M.A.R.T. status: Verified
Volumes:
PLANT 2:
Capacity: 148.93 GB
Available: 28.77 GB
Writable: Yes
File System: Journaled HFS+
BSD Name: disk0s3
Mount Point: /Volumes/PLANT 2

New SATA Drive

Western Digital
SATA 300 MB
500GB | Go
WD Caviar SE16
16MB Cache
7200 RPM

So I went out on a mission to upgrade my hard drive and I printed the "simple" installation guide from Apple and had no problem installing the SATA drive (I was updgrading the secondary hard drive and have not made any alterations to the main hard drive where the Mac OS X resides. However, when I boot up my computer, it shows the question mark in folder /grey screen.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.
 
Hold down option and see if the comptuer can see your OS X drive. If you can, just click on it and restart. If not, try starting up using the OS X Disc and see if it is seen in the Disk Utility. You may have accidently disconnected or powered off the main OS drive.

TEG
 
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