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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Thanks for the info. I know there is a risk of swapping the board. It's a gamble to see if I can recover the data myself. My son, who is 18, is missing about 1/2 of his music collection because of this but he does not want to pay the big bucks for a recovery service. I told him it was unlikely to recover the data - but I'd see what I could do :-) Eric On 07/20/2010 01:29 PM, Lee Marzke wrote: > If you google the Drive number there is a lot of info, and maybe someone selling > that drive. > > Also, found this, which says that switching controller boards will not work: > *http://tinyurl.com/29n3oxl* > > I kind of expected that think like number of platters, bad sector map, etc would > be burned into the controller at final assembly, and that you couldn't just switch > them. > > Lee > > On 07/18/2010 08:23 AM, Eric at Lucii.org wrote: > Amul: > > Here is the label of the hard drive: http://www.lucii.com/old_drive.jpg > > If I can find another WD1800JB-00DUA0 drive I would be overjoyed as that would > be a perfect match. The closest match I have seen is a 50DUA0 on eBay. > > Thanks, > Eric > > On 07/17/2010 08:00 PM, Amul Shah wrote: > >>>> Ah, sorry for being dense, thanks for the explanation. What year is the >>>> drive from. I'll open my old G3 to see what it has in it. >>>> thanks, >>>> Amul >>>> >>>> >>>> http://www.flickr.com/photos/milanzfanclub >>>> http://www.youtube.com/milanzfanclub >>>> >>>> On 2010年7月17日 12:41 -0400, "Eric at Lucii.org"<eric@lucii.org> wrote: >>>> Amul: >>>> >>>> The only reason the HD version is important is because it has stopped >>>> spinning >>>> and I'm trying to do a "cheap" recovery of the data (if possible.) I >>>> will soon >>>> put a new HD in the old G4 but that's not going to get the data off of >>>> the old HD. >>>> >>>> If I can find a similar (hopefully identical) circuit card I MAY be able >>>> to get >>>> the old drive to work - at least long enough to extract the data from it. >>>> >>>> Hence, my odd request. >>>> >>>> Thanks, >>>> Eric >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> On 07/17/2010 09:54 AM, Amul Shah wrote: >>>> >>>>>>> HD brand and model are not important in Desktop Macs. For Laptop Macs, go to >>>>>>> NewEgg and read the reviews by Mac owners. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> The only thing that is important is the interface, which should be IDE for >>>>>>> you. >>>>>>> You might have a disk capacity limitation based on older hardware (for the >>>>>>> jokers: Intel machines of the same age have similar limitations). If you >>>>>>> have >>>>>>> disks lying around, put one of them in there an reinstall. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Which model G4 do you have? >>>>>>> >>>>>>> HTH, >>>>>>> Amul >>>>>>> >>>>>>> On Jul 16, 2010, at 2:39 PM, Eric at Lucii.org wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Doug: >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Since I'm trying to swap the electronics on the drive I suspect that brand is >>>>>>> essential and model is probably important. This is a 180 Gig Western Digital >>>>>>> Caviar drive so I'm guessing that at least a WD Caviar of similar capacity >>>>>>> would >>>>>>> be required. Please let me know if you have any WD Caviar drives in the >>>>>>> bunch. >>>>>>> All I have is a boat-load of old Maxtor drives and a couple of Seagate >>>>>>> Barracudas. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> At my wife's suggestion I'm looking at ebay and craig's list too. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Thanks >>>>>>> Eric >>>>>>> >>>>>>> On 07/16/2010 01:08 PM, Douglas Muth wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> On Fri, Jul 16, 2010 at 12:59 PM, Eric at Lucii.org<eric@lucii.org> >>>>>>>>>> wrote: >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- >>>>>>>>>>> Hash: SHA1 >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> My son's G4 Mac died and apparently it's due to the hard drive not >>>>>>>>>>> working. I >>>>>>>>>>> put the drive in an external case and it did not spin-up so I suspect the >>>>>>>>>>> electronics board is bad. >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> I'd like to try swapping the electronics to see if we can get it >>>>>>>>>>> working. If >>>>>>>>>>> anyone has an old Western Digital Caviar WD1800 (IDE) drive laying >>>>>>>>>>> around and >>>>>>>>>>> they'd be willing to donate it or sell it for a small sum you'd make a >>>>>>>>>>> certain >>>>>>>>>>> 18 year old music fan VERY happy. >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> Does it have to be that specific brand and model? >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> I was actually going through some old hard drives last night and still >>>>>>>>>> hvae some working ones that you can have (once I wipe them). >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> -- Doug >>>>>>>>>> ___________________________________________________________________________ >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> Philadelphia Linux Users Group -- >>>>>>>>>> http://www.phillylinux.org >>>>>>>>>> Announcements - >>>>>>>>>> http://lists.phillylinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-announce >>>>>>>>>> General Discussion -- >>>>>>>>>> http://lists.phillylinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>> ___________________________________________________________________________ >>>> Philadelphia Linux Users Group -- >>>> http://www.phillylinux.org >>>> Announcements - >>>> http://lists.phillylinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-announce >>>> General Discussion -- >>>> http://lists.phillylinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug >>>> >>>> >>>>>>> ___________________________________________________________________________ >>>>>>> Philadelphia Linux Users Group -- http://www.phillylinux.org >>>>>>> Announcements - http://lists.phillylinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-announce >>>>>>> General Discussion -- http://lists.phillylinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug >>>>>>> >>>> >>>> > ___________________________________________________________________________ > Philadelphia Linux Users Group -- > http://www.phillylinux.org > Announcements - > http://lists.phillylinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-announce > General Discussion -- > http://lists.phillylinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > >>>>> >>>> ___________________________________________________________________________ >>>> Philadelphia Linux Users Group -- http://www.phillylinux.org >>>> Announcements - http://lists.phillylinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-announce >>>> General Discussion -- http://lists.phillylinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug >>>> > -- # Eric Lucas > # > # "Oh, I have slipped the surly bond of earth > # And danced the skies on laughter-silvered wings... > # -- John Gillespie Magee Jr ___________________________________________________________________________ Philadelphia Linux Users Group -- http://www.phillylinux.org Announcements - http://lists.phillylinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-announce General Discussion -- http://lists.phillylinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > ___________________________________________________________________________ > Philadelphia Linux Users Group -- http://www.phillylinux.org > Announcements - http://lists.phillylinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-announce > General Discussion -- http://lists.phillylinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug - -- # Eric Lucas # # "Oh, I have slipped the surly bond of earth # And danced the skies on laughter-silvered wings... # -- John Gillespie Magee Jr -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iEYEARECAAYFAkxF8u0ACgkQ2sGpvXQrZ/6GBQCeOPSd4k7WEKfwYaTkVeI35k2V jugAoMK3k/UHKqNLapO5AOObSo21DamZ =pFgK -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- ___________________________________________________________________________ Philadelphia Linux Users Group -- http://www.phillylinux.org Announcements - http://lists.phillylinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-announce General Discussion -- http://lists.phillylinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
