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Q: iMac G3 new hard drive

I got a Revision B. Bondi blue iMac G3, and I'm trying to upgrade it for a friend.

He got me a 40GB Seagate Barracuda to put into it.

It runs OS 9.2.2, and as I only have Leopard and Tiger discs, I thought I'd copy the old drive to the new one using my Power Mac G4.

I got SuperDuper to copy over the original 4GB drive onto the 'cuda, and to test that the copy worked, I booted into Tiger, and the copy loaded through Classic (as my G4 is a FW800 and can't boot OS9).

However, when I put the drive into the iMac, I get the flashing questionmark (no OS). The only way I can get anything else is by putting the original drive in, in which case it works. The jumper is set to Master (same as the original drive) and the 'cuda was formatted in my G4 to Apple Partition Map using Disk Utility.

 

Any suggestons on what to try next?

iMac, Mac OS 9.2.x

Posted on Mar 23, 2013 5:32 PM

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  • by mhinas,

    mhinas mhinas Apr 15, 2013 1:11 PM in response to rockstar-plus
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    Apr 15, 2013 1:11 PM in response to rockstar-plus

    Well, I think it might be a pram-battery issue. My iMac G3 did the same and a new battery solved the problem. Got the battery for 4€ from Amazon (1/2 AA 3,6V), but exchanging it on a slotloader is ... complicated.

     

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    rockstar-plus rockstar-plus Apr 15, 2013 9:15 PM in response to mhinas
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    Apr 15, 2013 9:15 PM in response to mhinas

    Yeah, it might be, but if you think slot-loaders are complicated, try a tray loader! They are ridiculous! I had a slot loader, it was not hard to open. Infact I dissassembled the whole thing. It's a fish tank now.

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