Solution of a sort...
14 June 2005 @ 08:25 in Life
I think the problem with this bloody Mac might be the
hard disk. It's not that I bought one second-hand
(I'm fairly certain it's structurally fine), but that
my research
suggests that the particular model I have is very
picky indeed about what IDE drives it works with.
(This suggested by the fact that OS X boots fine from
CDs, but just not from the HD.)
I now face a bit of a dilemma. I really don't want to spend much on this machine - I've already bought a wireless card for it - but even if I was happy to splash out some cash on a brand new drive, there's no guarantee it would work. The linked-to thread above suggests buying a new PCI controller but that's just even more cash. Maybe I'll just keep an eye out for a whole 'nother machine on eBay rather than trying to get this astard to work. Must go to work now. Feeling very fucked off.
I now face a bit of a dilemma. I really don't want to spend much on this machine - I've already bought a wireless card for it - but even if I was happy to splash out some cash on a brand new drive, there's no guarantee it would work. The linked-to thread above suggests buying a new PCI controller but that's just even more cash. Maybe I'll just keep an eye out for a whole 'nother machine on eBay rather than trying to get this astard to work. Must go to work now. Feeling very fucked off.
