--- On Sun, 8/23/09, Kris Tilford <[email protected]> wrote:
> From: Kris Tilford <[email protected]>
> Subject: Re: iBook and External Firewire Drive
> To: [email protected]
> Date: Sunday, August 23, 2009, 4:22 PM
>
> On Aug 23, 2009, at 7:48 AM, [email protected]
> wrote:
>
> > Manufacturer: OWC
> > Model: 0x0
> > GUID:
> 0x1D207E02701BA
> > Maximum Speed: Up
> to 400 Mb/sec
> > Connection Speed:
> Up to 400 Mb/sec
> > Sub-units:
> > OEM SATA Device 00 Unit:
> > Unit Software
> Version: 0x10483
> > Unit Spec ID:
> 0x609E
> > Firmware Revision:
> 0x110
>
> I believe this is the new Oxford 934 chipset which seems to
> be have
> problems with Macs. A lot of different brands are using
> this chipset
> now, including OWC, Seagate FreeAgent Go, CoolDrives,
> NewerTech, etc.
>
> Almost all seem to have the v.110 firmware, and all seem to
> have
> mounting issues on Macs. Some are suggesting it's a sleep
> issue, where
> the drive is waiting for some signal from the Mac that
> isn't coming.
> Almost everyone says it is a firmware issue with the
> enclosure.
This is interesting - since I just in the past week bought a
SimpleTech ProDrive external firewire drive (1TB size) - it has
the exact same "Unit software version", "spec ID" and "firmware revision"
as the unit noted above, and I have had no problems with it so far
on my G4 mini.
One thing that might be of interest - you may look at how the drive is
partitioned - on PowerPC Macs I always use an Apple Partition Table
to set up the drive, newer drives come with the MBR type partition
setup so they can be used as startup drives on Intel machines.
--~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~
You received this message because you are subscribed to Low End Mac's G-Books
list, a group for those using G3 iBooks and PowerBooks (we run a separate list
for G4 'Books).
The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html and our netiquette
guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml
To post to this group, send email to [email protected]
To unsubscribe from this group, send email to
[email protected]
For more options, visit this group at
http://groups.google.com/group/g-books?hl=en
Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml
-~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
