The duster might have done something on the motherboard (always use canned air to dust electronics), though I doubt it.
Todd Brayer [email protected] On Mon, May 23, 2011 at 3:08 PM, Austin Leeds <[email protected]> wrote: > I've got 7.0.1, 7.1.1, and 7.2.1p, and none of them will recognize the > drive. When I pulled the drive (both are SCSI Quantum ProDrives, btw) > from its external case, it was a perfectly formatted System 7 disk. > > What's weird is, I did two things last night—deleted the old documents > and applications from the original disk in preparation for a clean > 7.5.3 install (I did leave the system folder in place), and I dusted > out the inside of the case with a feather duster. Could either of > these have done something to screw up the old drive? > > On May 23, 1:22 pm, Alex Barnes <[email protected]> wrote: >> Try another system disk (from another version and floppy). You might also >> want to clean the drive pins and make sure that the drive is formatted in >> something System 7 would even see (most Macs can't even detect an EXT4 >> formatted drive). >> On May 23, 2011, at 10:37 AM, Austin Leeds wrote: >> >> >> >> > So, I picked up a free Performa 410 (better known as the plain old LC >> > II) from my aunt and uncle yesterday and was messing around with it (I >> > know, the beginning of soooo many bad events). Yesterday it was >> > running fine. Today, the hard drive won't work. I can hear it whirring >> > up for a few seconds when I turn the Performa on, but then it spins >> > down almost immediately. >> >> > I have a second HD I pulled from a LaCie Tsunami (bad timing, I know), >> > and it's good, but when I try using it with the Performa, it'll spin >> > up and sound like it's doing something, but my System 7.1 utilities >> > floppy disk won't recognize it. >> >> > Help? >> >> > -- >> > ----- >> > You received this message because you are a member of the Vintage Macs >> > group. >> > The list FAQ is athttp://lowendmac.com/lists/vintagemacs.shtmland our >> > netiquette guide is athttp://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 >> > athttp://groups.google.com/group/vintage-macs >> >> > Support for older Macs:http://lowendmac.com/services/ > > -- > ----- > 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/ -- ----- 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/
