I'm about ready to replace the hard drive in my iMac DV 400 because it has failed on me a few times with one episode of some clanging and banging going on inside. I have it completely backed up and before I pull it, I'm wondering if there are any known issues that initializing and reformatting might fix? I've never had an iMac, or a drive go out, but I thought if they did, it was permanent. I've rebooted 4 different times since the first sign of death, leaving it off for longer periods of time each time. I've run Norton and Disk First Aid, it says nothing is wrong. When it has died, it just stops, completely (and peacefully) quiet, the screen stays up until I click and it gradually goes. I can reboot with the CD but it says it can't mount the hard drive, and the other times, wasn't even recognized.
I got this as a hand-me-down and noticed that with every reboot, the computer appears to completely shut down and after a few seconds pause, would start spinnning back up. My other macs never sounded like that's what they were doing on reboot and I've always wondered if this was normal for the iMac? I'm running the Drive Setup scanning for bad blocks right now. When it finishes in the morning I'm thinking I should initialize and reinstall. Does anyone have any comments, suggestions or advice? I'm not quite capable of pulling it to test in my other computer, it'll take all my courage to attempt to pull and replace it without having to involve my other life-line :) iMacDV400, 9.1, 640MB, 12G (? I think), with 2 partitions, only one with system software, if that matters. Thanks! Kras -- The iMac List is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | - Epson Stylus Color 580 Printers - new at $69 | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> iMac List info: <http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/imac-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
