Power Mac G4 (Digital Audio): Apple Hardware Test 1.1 Reports False Error

Apple Hardware Test 1.1 may report a false error when testing a hard drive on a Power Mac G4 (Digital Audio) computer that has two or more ATA hard drives installed. Use a later version of Apple Hardware Test, or start up the computer from the Apple Hardware Test 1.1 CD before running the test.

Symptom

The Apple Hardware Test (AHT) 1.1 Hard Drive test reports this error code the first time it is run after starting up:



Solution

Apple Hardware Test 1.2 resolves this issue.

Follow these steps to work around the issue with Apple Hardware Test 1.1:


If the hard disk is functioning properly, the error should not be reported by Apple Hardware Test 1.1.

Published Date: Feb 20, 2012