^GoJo^ Posted September 5, 2010 Share Posted September 5, 2010 Hey, I just tried to install snow on an old Maxtor DiamondMax from 2005. It doesn't even show the booloader, tried both MBR & GPT. Of course i did everything correctly. Incompatibility? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/231082-could-an-hard-drive-be-incompatible/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
3.14r2 Posted September 5, 2010 Share Posted September 5, 2010 There is a chance that you should zero-fill the drive to "clean" it from all the stuff that is been there for a long time. It helped me once in a similar situation. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/231082-could-an-hard-drive-be-incompatible/#findComment-1543068 Share on other sites More sharing options...
^GoJo^ Posted September 5, 2010 Author Share Posted September 5, 2010 I see... So you don't think it could be incompaibility? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/231082-could-an-hard-drive-be-incompatible/#findComment-1543392 Share on other sites More sharing options...
3.14r2 Posted September 5, 2010 Share Posted September 5, 2010 I see... So you don't think it could be incompaibility? No, I don't. There could be incompatible disk controllers, but disks? I really don't think so. I have used a Samsung IDE drive ageing 7 years now, with no problems at all... Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/231082-could-an-hard-drive-be-incompatible/#findComment-1543510 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gringo Vermelho Posted September 5, 2010 Share Posted September 5, 2010 Yes there's no way it could be the disk itself, unless it's broken of course. If you don't see the disk in Disk Utility it means that there are no drivers loaded for the drive controller on your motherboard. If you need further details please provide details.. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/231082-could-an-hard-drive-be-incompatible/#findComment-1543519 Share on other sites More sharing options...
sinfolmatt Posted September 22, 2010 Share Posted September 22, 2010 similar to the hdd, would all dvd burners be compatible? I am about to buy the components to attempt a build and the one thing I have not been able to pick, see much on is DVD drives. Would any do? are there some that are known to work well? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/231082-could-an-hard-drive-be-incompatible/#findComment-1552780 Share on other sites More sharing options...
3.14r2 Posted September 22, 2010 Share Posted September 22, 2010 similar to the hdd, would all dvd burners be compatible? I am about to buy the components to attempt a build and the one thing I have not been able to pick, see much on is DVD drives. Would any do? are there some that are known to work well?Any drive should work. It is more question of a disk controller. I have HP (LightScribe) and NEC IDE drives. Both works (with a proper driver). IMHO Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/231082-could-an-hard-drive-be-incompatible/#findComment-1552790 Share on other sites More sharing options...
sinfolmatt Posted September 22, 2010 Share Posted September 22, 2010 What is the disk controller? Would the disk controller be on the mobo? I am planning on building on this board: GIGABYTE GA-G41M-ES2L LGA 775 Intel G41 Micro ATX Intel Motherboard because it seems to work well with SL. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/231082-could-an-hard-drive-be-incompatible/#findComment-1552800 Share on other sites More sharing options...
3.14r2 Posted September 22, 2010 Share Posted September 22, 2010 What is the disk controller? Would the disk controller be on the mobo? I am planning on building on this board: GIGABYTE GA-G41M-ES2L LGA 775 Intel G41 Micro ATX Intel Motherboard because it seems to work well with SL. http://www.gigabyte.com/products/product-p...spx?pid=3500#sp Chipset section>South Bridge: Intel® ICH7 Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/231082-could-an-hard-drive-be-incompatible/#findComment-1552815 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gringo Vermelho Posted September 22, 2010 Share Posted September 22, 2010 similar to the hdd, would all dvd burners be compatible? In the sense that is discussed in this thread, yes, any working drive would be capable of at least booting and installing OS X. However, I've seen posts from people who are unable to burn discs on OS X but I don't think it was ever established if it was a problem with the drive itself or a software problem. Some optical drives prevent auto-S3 sleep from working. Sometimes this can be fixed by adding code to the DSDT at the SATA port where the drive is connected. Some drives need to have a disc inside at all times or they keep making weird noises, sometimes this can be fixed by disabling auto sleep for hard drives in energy saver preferences. In conclusion it seems the firmware of standard PC drives lack certain ACPI features that OS X expects. Unfortunately I don't remember any model names or anything, you'll have to search for this here on IM yourself to find more information. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/231082-could-an-hard-drive-be-incompatible/#findComment-1552824 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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