on 01/04/05 08:34, Orlando Mac Geek at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I have a Titanium Powerbook 667. Never really had an opportunity to > use the firewire port on it until now. Just got myself a 15Gb iPod > and it is having a very weird issue. If I plug the iPod into my > Firewire port it will only charge, it will not sync. I have to plug > the iPod into my USB2 card in order to sync. Let me answer this right > off the bat...YES, I am using the proper cable. The iPod came with a > firewire cable which I use and get the result above. I went out and > bought one of those USB2/Firewire combo cable, plugged in just the > USB2 cable and boom it syncs. Tried just the firewire part of the new > cable and same thing, it will charge but not sync.
Well, I would maybe suspect the FireWire cable to be defective. If you could try with another one, that would answer that question. If it's not the cable, then, it has to be the FireWire port on the computer itself, or the chip that runs the protocol. Hard to say... -Laurent. -- ============================================================================ Laurent Daudelin AIM/iChat: LaurentDaudelin <http://nemesys.dyndns.org> Logiciels Nemesys Software mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] elder days n.: The heroic age of hackerdom (roughly, pre-1980); the era of the PDP-10, TECO, ITS, and the ARPANET. This term has been rather consciously adopted from J. R. R. Tolkien's fantasy epic "The Lord of the Rings". Compare Iron Age; see also elvish and Great Worm. -- G-Books is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-Books list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[email protected]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
