PowerMac G4 hard drive

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  1. iLucas, Apr 30, 2011

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    I have a PMG4 that already has a 30GB drive in it with the OS on it and i added another drive to it and it will not recognize that drive. Any idea why it doesnt recognize it? I go to disc utility and it just shows the 30GB.
     
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  2. chrismacguy, Apr 30, 2011

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    Did you configure the second drive as a slave (ie Correct Jumper settings - these matter on older IDE drives) , and checked the drive works in another machine?
     
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  3. motulist, Apr 30, 2011

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    Yup, same advice as above. You gotta configure the actual hardware jumpers on the drive correctly first.
     
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  4. Dave H, Apr 30, 2011

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    You might also check the jumpers on the 30GB. Some drives have a "single" or "single master" setting, in addition to master/slave/cable select.
     
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  5. iLucas, Apr 30, 2011

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    Alright, thanks guys. I wasn't aware of the configuring the jumper settings. Will do.
     
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