Old G5 NO BOOT, get the 1 chime, but only question mark on boot
Tried to boot from newer macbook pro install DVD and received a Kernel panic message:
"unable to find driver for this platform "Platform 7,3"
My orig Install DVD OSX 10.3.9 are lost. Any suggestions?
Yeah, Thanx Japamac I did replace the ole Barracuda and the G5 has 10.5.6 on it, brand new fresh install on a samsung hard drive.
I just gotta figure out how to access the ole barracuda and get the Data off of it.
I tried installing the Barracuda in the 2nd slot of the G5 but the G5 does not "see" it.
You might try a test run of Data Rescue and see if that software can see the drive.
Tried a run of DATA RESCUE 3.1, No go, Data Rescue does not see the Barracuda.
Sheesh !
If the data is irreplaceable, it's time to get an estimate for professional recovery.
Can't give up !!
I'm Thinking of buying a SATA to either Firewire or USB adapter (enclosure) and hook it up to my MacBook Pro
any suggestions on where to find this adapter/ thingy for very cheap.
Thanx
Something like this, maybe?
http://eshop.macsales.com/item/Newer%20Technology/U2NV2SPATA/
it's about the same price as a bunch of USB SATA drive enclosures.
I dont know why youre wasting any more time and money on it other then sending it to a professional recovery service.
On the first page you mentioned you already booted from a Diskwarrior disk and it did not see the drive, which means there was like a 99% chance the drive was simply dead. If a Mac OS disc, Mac OS itself, DW and Data Rescue cant even see it, the drive is gone and putting it into another enclosure is not going to magically bring it back to life. Its time to either give up or send it to a professional if the data was really that important.
If the drive became 'frozen' and wont spin up, which Seagates seem to have a tendency to do, you can do what I did to one of mine a couple weeks ago and shake it around and see if you can loosen it up, but other than that, its a lost cause. Mine crashed after my G5 kernel paniced and overheated. I got lucky and shaking the crap out of it loosened it back up and so far its still running. Youll know if this is your issue if you can hear the drive 'chirping' or making a beeping sound when its trying to spin up.
"Something like this, maybe?
http://eshop.macsales.com/item/Newer%20Technology/U2NV2SPATA/
it's about the same price as a bunch of USB SATA drive enclosures."
Thanx Comm guy, Yes this is what I want !!!
"I dont know why youre wasting any more time and money on it other then sending it to a professional recovery service."
Cause I'm broke and I still haven't tried everything to my satisfaction.
your advice to LISTEN to the harddrive is still something I havent tried. And your other advice to shake it up is worth trying,but I better not have hammer nearby !!!
Thanx Mothra - Good advice
An old way to temporarily resurrect failed hard drives is to place them in an airtight or ziplock bag and then place the drive into a freezer for an hour.
After this, reinstall the drive and it may work.
If one does this, be ready with a blank drive or enough space somewhere to move all the data to.
The fix usually only lasts as long as it takes to warm up to a failure temperature.
Question mark on boot
