bought it from CL.
I put a PATA HD in the optical slot so I would have all 4 SATA bays free for non-boot drives.
I did not power the system on when I bought it nor before installing the HD.
It made a crackle/pop sound and does not turn on at all. I tried resetting the SMC. No go.
The seller said the system hung at the "We aint finding an OS" screen.
Drive is not showing up in Yosemite. Shows up as a "protected partition" in XP. I could not format it WITH XP and did not try a 3rd party.
Anyone have this happen? Is there anything to look for/at?
I put a PATA HD in the optical slot so I would have all 4 SATA bays free for non-boot drives.
I did not power the system on when I bought it nor before installing the HD.
It made a crackle/pop sound and does not turn on at all. I tried resetting the SMC. No go.
The seller said the system hung at the "We aint finding an OS" screen.
Drive is not showing up in Yosemite. Shows up as a "protected partition" in XP. I could not format it WITH XP and did not try a 3rd party.
Anyone have this happen? Is there anything to look for/at?
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