The first FireWire card I picked up for my B&W rev 2 was a USB 2.0/FireWire 400. It worked fine for 4 months. After 4 months it wouldn't recognize my external FW devices until I powered them off and back on again. It got to the point where the mac would not boot into OS X 10.3.4 on occasions. It finnally stoped booting all together. I re-installed Mac OS X 10.3.4 but the problem continued. Mac OS 9.2.2 booted fine. I picked up a cheap $30.00 Firewire card and a $20.00 USB 1.0 hub and have not had a problem since. I don't have any USB 2.0 devices.
Just my experience. Brian -----Original Message----- From: G-List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jack Russell Sent: August 9, 2004 14:35 PM To: G-List Subject: Re: CDRW Drives On Aug 9, 2004, at 11:32 AM, Wilton Shaw wrote: > Thanks for your advice Bruce. That sounds good. So, my big question is > where do I put the firewire card? > At present my slots are full. Heres what's in them. Replace the USB only card with a combination USB-Firewire card. Several different brands that are known to play nice with Mac's. Jack Russell -- 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 -- 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
