I killed my computer: HELP!
I have a dual 1ghtz powermac G4 with a 160GigaByte Array (two 80 Gigs), the 80 gig boot drive and another 120 Gig drive next to the boot drive. I removed the 120 to see if I could put it into my new G5 (which I could not). I did everything by the book. After removing the 120Gig drive, my computer (the G4, not the G5) would no longer turn on. The start button lights when I press it, but NOTHING happens. The hard drive doesn't budge. I tried putting the 120 gig back into the G4, but still, nothing. What did I do? Did I kill it? What can I do? Help!!!
Make sure that the jumpers on your 80 GB are set to
master only or cable select when the 120 is removed.
With the 120 in the system, set the boot drive to
master with slave (cable select never works for me
with a slave drive). Also, make sure the power cable
to the hard drives are completely inserted
I hope that helps and is not too confusing!
Thanks and good luck
I don't know what jumpers are. Are those things I can set inside the computer? Because, as I said, I can't turn my computer on right now. Thanks for the help though.
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