On Fri, Dec 11, 2009 at 9:08 PM, Hans Holland <[email protected]> wrote: > I have replaced the hard drive in a MAC SE/20 with an Apple branded > Seagate 2GB drive (a ST32151N model). When the computer boots the > drive LED comes on, the disk makes some turns and then a beep is > emitted from the drive. This repeats about 4 times, the beep gets > louder and weakens then stops. I checked cable termination, scsi ID. I > even opened up the case to see that the disks and heads look good. > There is a jumper to instruct the drive to wait with spin up until > requested by the controller and that is functioning (resulting in the > same error but starting 15 seconds after switching the Mac on). What > is going on and what to do about it? > > Thanks for your help.
A 2GB drive is very old these days & might have just seized up or died of old age. But in any event, if you've opened the case, it's effectively dead now anyway. Drives are built in a clean-room atmosphere for a reason. Opening it in an ordinary environment is generally enough to kill them. Some case-modders do it, but I for one would never trust an opened drive again. -- Liam Proven • Profile: http://www.linkedin.com/in/liamproven Email: [email protected] • GMail/GoogleTalk/Orkut: [email protected] Tel: +44 20-8685-0498 • Cell: +44 7939-087884 • Fax: + 44 870-9151419 AOL/AIM/iChat/Yahoo/Skype: liamproven • LiveJournal/Twitter: lproven MSN: [email protected] • ICQ: 73187508 -- ----- You received this message because you are a member of the Vintage Macs group. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/vintagemacs.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To leave this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/vintage-macs Support for older Macs: http://lowendmac.com/services/
