I have a B&W and I have not had any problems with my firewire ports. And I almost never crash! Sometimes when I am using Netscape, that's why I only use Netscape Messenger for mail. I surf with IE. And I even give Communicator 3x the suggested ram. I am using a OWC Mercury firewire 48x LiteOn cdrw and a VST 250 zip, almost plug and play simple. Extract CD's to my music partition 2-3 min. and record in 3 min. If it works, it works. If you have not obstructed the airflow in your box or suffered a spike why would something just quit? Dave
B&W400/rev2/768MB/30GBIBM(10GB 8.6.1/20GB)/6GB Maxtor/Sonne133 (1) WDSE 80GB(10GB 9.2.1/60GB/10GB utilities) (2) WDSE 80GB(8GB 10.1/60GB Music/ 8GBscratch)/2930CU SCSI/Yamaha 8x/scanner/Zip100/ USB hub/ZoomV90/ Epson1250/Epson777/CF reader/fw OWC Mercury 48x LiteOn CDRW/VST zip250/Calcomp ADB tablet. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > So from the replies, it sounds like the B&W firewires port are known to be > unreliable. Even though I am the only owner, I have not encountered any > problems (knock on wood). And I will look into another PCI firewire card > until then....a Quick question: will it harm or cause a firewire drive > attached to it to fail?? is it ok to use it until I get a card??? And is it > normal when's there's a crash for this to happen to a firewire drive to > become unrecognizable? (since this happened on a iMacDV)? > > Linda > [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- 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
