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My old MacBook hard drive died and so I installed a WD 250GB 5400RPM SATA HD myself but when trying to erase it I get a input/output error and I cannot seem to partition it. When I try to reinstall my original Tiger OS X the ‘select a destination’ step is blank and there is nothing to select. I’m not worried about the old HD as I had mostly everything backed up - I just want to get this new HD up and running and get my MacBook fixed! I starting to go through cold turkey without it… please help!
Use the jumpers and set it down to 1.5 GB. Usually pins 5 & 6 Go here and look for SATA Hard Drive Jumper Settings on the first page: http://www.wdc.com/wdproducts/library/ot… UPDATE 4/8/12 Here are the settings. The two pins on the right should be jumped
Hi did you find a solution for this in the mean time? I am having this problem too….
i have the same problem. i bought a new 500gb wd hard drive and it didnt work. i thought its the hard drive cable which is broken, so i bought a new one and replaced it, but the “input/output error” is still there. my hard drive is also read as an 3tb drive by the mac os x install disc. i tried to format it with “gparted” (boot cd) and it did work, but mac os x shows the same error. whats wrong? i dont get it
Having the same exact problem. After ordering a new hard drive, I’m ready to give up and order a new computer.
I just had this issue. Hard drive died, bought new hard drive, didn’t work. Replaced hard drive cable, formatted HFS+ using a second Linux machine, and then i started getting the “Input/output error” that you guys are having. Two sets of discs came with the MacBook. One set is the “Mac OS X Install Disc 1/2” CD’s (they still make CD’s?). The other is a Leopard OS X Install DVD. The CD’s gave me the I/O error and recognized the 500GB drive as 3.64TB. The DVD had no issues at all. Try to find that DVD :)
