I recently took out a q950 i hadnt played with in a few yrs. I got the machine 5-6 yrs and then the sys was fine and booted into sys 7.0 or so. Anyway, when i recently took it out to put a set of cards in it, i replaced the pram batt with a new one. I didnt think to boot the sys before the chgs, but I also pulled the floppy and the whole cage thing to removed the floppy and open it up to give the heads a thorough cleaning. Anyway I put it all back together and made sure to connect the cable securely and fire it up. It only boots to a white screen with the floppy icon. So if im not mistaken fine boot problem mb no hd found. So I went ahead and did the opt p-r thing to reset pram since i just did the battery and no chg. I even removed the nubus cards which i installed, same thing. Awhile back that some older hds can freeze or seize over time, if not used. Granted the last time i played w/it was when i got it yrs ago. The only time I tried to boot it was after the above mentioned chgs. I dont remember how noisy the hd was, but @ least on pcs when you boot them up, you @ least hear the whirrling of a motor and some activitiy i.e by the heads, to some extent. This hd i swear if I put my hand over it I dont feel any vibration nor hear anything out of it. Finally, Ill try later to use a different hd, one known to wrk, but has anyone else had this happen just by letting it sit for a few yrs? If this is the case this is the 1st i've ever had of a hd freezing up, heck I have old 520mb and even 40 mb hds laying around older than this and they wrked awhile back.

thanks in advance.