Installed a new Toshiba 500 GB HD from ifixit. It shows up as a 1 TB HD and will not allow me to erase or partition it from the original start up disc, nor tiger, nor snow leopard. Says input/output error.
I'm a noob-trying to save this thing. I replaced the HD 4 years ago with no problems. Did I get a bad HD or is it something else? Any help is appreciated.
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The hard drive is probably rated to fast for your machine. It needs to be jumpered down to 1.5 Gb/s to operate properly on your machine. These jumpers are located right next to the power and data ports.
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