On Oct 31, 2010, at 5:04 AM, AndersFager wrote: > Folks, > > Installed a brand new 500 gig hd in a G5 iMac. The old one had > "issues". For reasons unknown Disc Utility has problems even formating > the damned thing. And refuses to partion it. Disc Warrior does not > even "see" the new drive. What can be wrong? The machine has a new > battery and from what I can make out the drive and the fans start ok, > the screen works. > > Anders > Is it possible you have a bad or incomplete connection I would also check to see if the iMac G5 has a SMU you can reset??
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