Re: Wallstreet hard drive woe

If you have access to any other 2.5 drive, try putting it in the machine to see if any other drive will boot the machine. A friend had the same symptoms, but the hard drive was good--it was the motherboard that could see any hard drive, although it would boot off a CD. Find this out quickl

Re: Torx for Pismo HD? (was: Re: Wallstreet hard drive woe)

Jim wrote: >>But, I digress. Get a Torx #8 screwdriver from Sears, put in a >>larger, faster HD, and your PB will be good as new. > > > Listers, > > Is Torx8 the size needed for removing the Pismo drive too? Last time > I had the keyboard up, I noticed that the drive was fastened with > tho

Re: Torx for Pismo HD? (was: Re: Wallstreet hard drive woe)

On 28/08/02 15:58, "Jim" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> But, I digress. Get a Torx #8 screwdriver from Sears, put in a >> larger, faster HD, and your PB will be good as new. > > Listers, > > Is Torx8 the size needed for removing the Pismo drive too? Last time > I had the keyboard up, I noticed

Torx for Pismo HD? (was: Re: Wallstreet hard drive woe)

>But, I digress. Get a Torx #8 screwdriver from Sears, put in a >larger, faster HD, and your PB will be good as new. Listers, Is Torx8 the size needed for removing the Pismo drive too? Last time I had the keyboard up, I noticed that the drive was fastened with those damnable torx screws. No

Re: Wallstreet hard drive woe

Hi, The drive I want to install is 9.5 mm high. Will that present any problems? Thanks for your response. John Callahan Remy Davison wrote: > > >This is a little off subject, but does anyone have any idea of where I > >can find a list of hard disk drives compatible with my Powerbook G3 > >series

Re: Wallstreet hard drive woe

>This is a little off subject, but does anyone have any idea of where I >can find a list of hard disk drives compatible with my Powerbook G3 >series "Wallstreet"? I "won" a Fujitsu MHR2020AT drive on E-Bay and for >the life of me I can't find out whether it will work or not. Grateful >for any help

Re: Wallstreet hard drive woe

This is a little off subject, but does anyone have any idea of where I can find a list of hard disk drives compatible with my Powerbook G3 series "Wallstreet"? I "won" a Fujitsu MHR2020AT drive on E-Bay and for the life of me I can't find out whether it will work or not. Grateful for any help. Tha

Re: Wallstreet hard drive woe

>I purchased a Wallstreet on eBay for my niece - only to discover that the >hard drive is not working. > >The screen shows a floppy icon with a question mark. When I stick an OS 8.5 >CD in the CD drive, the OS starts up off the CD. Unfortunately, I see no >hard drive. When using the HD Setup utili

Re: Wallstreet hard drive woe

Timothy Virkkala on 8/27/02 2:41 PM wrote: > > If at all possible I'd like to do this myself, rather than spend money on a > technician. I've poked inside and upgraded/troubleshot numerous desktop > Macs, but never a Powerbook... > If you're comfortable poking around inside a desktop machine,

Re: Wallstreet hard drive woe

Timothy, The tutorial for changing a Wallstreet hard drive is given here: http://www.xlr8yourmac.com/PB_G3/wallstreet_hard_drive/. It's pretty simple, and I changed the hard drive on my Wallstreet without the benefit of the tutorial. Heok Hee -- G-Books is sponsored by

Wallstreet hard drive woe

I purchased a Wallstreet on eBay for my niece - only to discover that the hard drive is not working. The screen shows a floppy icon with a question mark. When I stick an OS 8.5 CD in the CD drive, the OS starts up off the CD. Unfortunately, I see no hard drive. When using the HD Setup utility, I