Q: Why is the new 1TB WD hard drive, installed in my G5 iMac (PPC) not recognized or detected.
I installed a WD 1TB hard drive in my iMac G5, non-isight PPC, replacing the 500GB Seagate drive that I installed 6 or 7 years ago.
The 1TB drive was not detected. I removed it and used a drive adapter, connected to my G4 iBook. It was detected there and I was able to successfuly initialize it.
After reinstalling the drive inthe iMac, it was detected (woo-hoo!) and I was able to begin installing Leopard. At some point, while I wasnt in the room, the iMac restarted without completeing the installation and had returned to the language selection window.
The drive is no longer detected in the iMac.
I reset the PMU and PRAM, with the same results.
Is it possible that the 1TB drive is too large for the iMac to handle. From what i've researched, it should work in that computer.
Any thoughts are much appreciated.
Randy
iMac, Mac OS X (10.5.8), PPC Non-iSight, Non-ALS
Posted on Jan 21, 2014 12:07 PM
If you cannot lower the speed enough, you could consider an external enclosure.
I'd give OWC a call. 1-815-338-8685.
Good luck. Glad you understand the situation now. Thanks for the info.
Robert
Posted on Jan 23, 2014 11:05 AM