On Saturday, December 28, 2002, at 09:48 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > The drive crashed while using it on an iMacDV but I do use the > enclosure on a > Beige 266 DT with the Orangelink Firewire PCI card and a B&W & G4 - to > easily > transfer project files. So is the B&W firewire port unreliable? and > cause a > drive to crash and ruin the drive? > > Linda > snip > When the smoke clears, consider buying a PCI -FW card, like I did ( > Adaptec 4300) > > Good luck and keep smiling > > Albert > B&W Yosemite // XLR8 G4 500/ 1MB ZIF // 1024MB RAM > OS X.2.3 >
Sadly enough, there were more than 160 posts on the Apple forum about bad FireWire on Mac B&W G3. Apple did nothing to solve the problem. The solution is as Albert suggests (my solution too). HTH. Eric -- G-List is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- We have Apple Refurbished Monitors in stock! | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-List list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml> --> 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-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
