On Dec 18, 2008, at 2:15 PM, nestamicky wrote: > > > insightinmind wrote: >> >> On Dec 18, 2008, at 10:51 AM, Bruce Johnson wrote: >> >> >>> On Dec 17, 2008, at 9:00 PM, insightinmind wrote: >>> >>> >>>> 20:59:17 M-Å-S configd[14]: InterfaceNamer: PowerMac3,5/ >>>> MacRISC2PE/ >>>> p...@f2000000/AppleMacRiscPCI/pci-bri...@13/IOPCI2PCIBridge/ >>>> firew...@1/ >>>> AppleFWOHCI/IOFireWireController/IOFireWireLocalNode [1] >>>> >>> This is waiting on a Firewire device, either the FW interface in the >>> Sonnet card, or an external device that's acting up. >>> >> >> If a onboard FW connected external FW HD is not turned on, could it >> still cause problems? The power supply to it is on, but the drive is >> not on. >> I will say yes. Although the Firewire unit is not turned on, as >> long as it is connected juice flows through it. And I think this >> is causing the machine to think it ought to be using it. Obviously >> it cant because there is not enough power from the unit. >> Haven't run enough tests, as they are mostly Restarts and Cold Boots ... but I have unplugged the external OWC Elite 911 bridged FW drive from the onboard FW port ... no problems thus far like before.
I saw on Apple's Discussions (once I found Discussions again ... someone redesigned their site ... again) that several people are having trouble with external FW drives they hadn't had problems with before under 10.5.6. New design for FW under 10.5.6? Anywhere we can go to see what's actually being done under the hood? Coupled with the IOPCI2PCIBridge indicating FW ... I suspect my drive being partially connected / powered is a prime candidate for being a troublemaker. Funny ... when connected to the Mac, but not the wall wart power supply, the power up lite comes on if I turn on the switch, but the disk won't mount on the Desktop of course because its not spinning. Perhaps with the wall wart on, and the drive off, it now thinks its supposed to be there? but isn't. Testing continues ... Bill Connelly artsite: http://mysite.verizon.net/moonstoneartstudio myspace: http://www.myspace.com/moonstoneartstudio --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml 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/g3-5-list?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
