> On Mar 6, 2016, at 2:13 PM, Mark Sokolovsky <coolmar...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I've noticed this to be an issue with my 2008 iMac 24". The original 750 GB > HDD was greyed out by Disk utility, and wasn't even remotely capable of being > formatted, citing a "unable to mount disk" issue everytime. > > I went the hard way and disassembled the entire machine, replacing the HDD > with another one, though, I feel there are other possible solutions.
I doubt it, that’s a common failure mode I’ve seen with HDD’s, and I wouldn’t rule out that as the OP’s issue. It wouldn’t be the first time I’ve gotten a bad HDD out of the box. One of our PC suppliers got a bad lot one time and I got two DOAs in a row on a single warrantee repair; that was a lotta pain sitting on the telephone having them walk me through stuff I know perfectly well before they believed me. “Yes I have replaced hard drives before. Yes I observed static safety precautions. Yes, I tried swapping cables and SATA ports on the logic board. I swapped in a spare, much smaller drive we have and it worked perfectly so I know it’s not the logic board, cabling or operator error.” That particular vendor was out of business within a few months, so lord knows what shady gray market source they had for their HDD’s. -- Bruce Johnson University of Arizona College of Pharmacy Information Technology Group Institutions do not have opinions, merely customs -- -- You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a group for those using Apple iMacs and eMacs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to imaclist@googlegroups.com To leave this group, send email to imaclist+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "iMac Group" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to imaclist+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
