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Joe

#90
March 17, 2014, 10:16:24 AM
Can't be an IDE drive in a 2006 iMac. Sounds like faulty drive to me.
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Farabomb

#91
March 17, 2014, 10:20:53 AM
Never been in an iMac. I assumed it was SATA. Yea, I agree with Joe.
Speed doesn't kill, rapidly becoming stationary is the problem

I'd rather have stories told than be telling stories of what I could have done.

Quote from: Ear on April 06, 2016, 11:54:16 AM
Quote from: Farabomb on April 06, 2016, 11:39:41 AMIt's more like grip, grip, grip, noise, then spin and 2 feet in and feel shame.
I once knew a plus-sized girl and this pretty much describes teh secks. :rotf:
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Farabomb

#92
March 17, 2014, 10:26:21 AM
Just a thought since it's dry as hell. Make sure you ground yourself before touching the drive and installing it. It's possible to zap it with static electricity and that can cause it to do all sorts of weird stuff.
Speed doesn't kill, rapidly becoming stationary is the problem

I'd rather have stories told than be telling stories of what I could have done.

Quote from: Ear on April 06, 2016, 11:54:16 AM
Quote from: Farabomb on April 06, 2016, 11:39:41 AMIt's more like grip, grip, grip, noise, then spin and 2 feet in and feel shame.
I once knew a plus-sized girl and this pretty much describes teh secks. :rotf:
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Tracy

#93
March 17, 2014, 11:03:50 AM
Thanks Guys! very helpful

and I bought the geeky wire thing you put on your wrist :laugh:

Farabomb

#94
March 17, 2014, 11:06:33 AM
Then I'd say that static wasn't the issue and you just got a bad drive.
Speed doesn't kill, rapidly becoming stationary is the problem

I'd rather have stories told than be telling stories of what I could have done.

Quote from: Ear on April 06, 2016, 11:54:16 AM
Quote from: Farabomb on April 06, 2016, 11:39:41 AMIt's more like grip, grip, grip, noise, then spin and 2 feet in and feel shame.
I once knew a plus-sized girl and this pretty much describes teh secks. :rotf:
They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety.
         —Benjamin Franklin
My other job

DigiCorn

#95
March 17, 2014, 11:14:11 AM
The PowerMac G5 I replaced the drive on a few months ago has died again. When it boots, the fan seems to run a double the loudness and it never gets into the OS. It's running 10.5.8. I think it's a kernal panic, but going to try to boot to firewire DVD, as booting to the device DVD doesn't work. Any ideas?

When I rebuilt the drive, I did so with 2 new drives in a RAID 2.
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DigiCorn

#96
March 17, 2014, 11:47:10 AM
Might be a RAM issue. I reseated it, and got three bongs and no startup. That usually means a RAM went bad...
"There's been a lot of research recently on how hard it is to dislodge an impression once it's been implanted in someone's mind. (This is why political attack ads don't have to be true to be effective. The other side can point out their inaccuracies, but the voter's mind privileges the memory of the original accusation, which was juicier than any counterargument ever could be.)"
― Johnny Carson

"Selling my soul would be a lot easier if I could just find it."
– Nikki Sixx

"Always do sober what you said you'd do drunk. That will teach you to keep your mouth shut."
― Ernest Hemingway

Joe

#97
March 17, 2014, 11:55:26 AM
Quote from: DigiCorn on March 17, 2014, 11:47:10 AMMight be a RAM issue. I reseated it, and got three bongs and no startup. That usually means a RAM went bad...

Try removing one stick at a time and see if it will boot. Other than that, fans running on high usually indicates a logic board issue.
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Farabomb

#98
March 17, 2014, 12:00:45 PM
Yup, check one stick at a time and find the faulty one. I had some corsair that would do that from time to time and reseating would get it to work. One stick finally packed it up and I had to RMA the set. Lifetime warranty ended up getting me an upgrade from 4g to 6g because they didn't make the 4g matched set anymore.
Speed doesn't kill, rapidly becoming stationary is the problem

I'd rather have stories told than be telling stories of what I could have done.

Quote from: Ear on April 06, 2016, 11:54:16 AM
Quote from: Farabomb on April 06, 2016, 11:39:41 AMIt's more like grip, grip, grip, noise, then spin and 2 feet in and feel shame.
I once knew a plus-sized girl and this pretty much describes teh secks. :rotf:
They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety.
         —Benjamin Franklin
My other job

DigiCorn

#99
March 17, 2014, 12:14:55 PM
The matched sets of RAM were mismatched... but also on boot to firewire, the raid status says "degraded" so I guess I'll be replacing the drive again.... I can't remember if they were both new when I did this, or if only one was.
"There's been a lot of research recently on how hard it is to dislodge an impression once it's been implanted in someone's mind. (This is why political attack ads don't have to be true to be effective. The other side can point out their inaccuracies, but the voter's mind privileges the memory of the original accusation, which was juicier than any counterargument ever could be.)"
― Johnny Carson

"Selling my soul would be a lot easier if I could just find it."
– Nikki Sixx

"Always do sober what you said you'd do drunk. That will teach you to keep your mouth shut."
― Ernest Hemingway

Tracy

#100
March 31, 2014, 08:21:25 AM
I did buy a bad hard drive!
Up and running at home now!

I can wait a couple years before buying a new computer.

oh and let me know if you need your white iMac worked on :grin:

Joe

#101
March 31, 2014, 09:10:45 AM
Quote from: Tracy on March 31, 2014, 08:21:25 AMI did buy a bad hard drive!
Up and running at home now!

I can wait a couple years before buying a new computer.

oh and let me know if you need your white iMac worked on :grin:

It does happen sometimes. You can update it to OS X 10.7 but that is the end of the line for that Mac. Mine still runs great.
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