On Oct 21, 2009, at 2:03 PM, Bruce Johnson wrote: > > > I've had a rash of "weird errors with ^...@#%@$ Firewire Boxes" lately. > > A professor just had his Iomega external drive cause OS X to be unable > to launch anything after it's plugged in. Weird. All the programs > running *before* you plug it in are fine, anything after just bounces > a couple of times then stops. Weirder still the os somehow thinks > these apps are still running. > > It also asks to reformat the drive when you plug it in. Yanked the > drive mechanism out of the enclosure and it's perfectly fine. > > Two of my firewire enclosures have decided to give up the ghost > altogether, and my WD My Book has really only ever run reliably under > USB2.
I've never had much luck with firewire external drives. They would work for a short period and then die. The first time it happened, I thought that the computer's firewire went belly up but then discovered that it worked fine with a firewire scanner. JT ____________________________________________________________ Best Weight Loss Program - Click Here! http://thirdpartyoffers.netzero.net/TGL2241/fc/BLSrjpYSwrCb50vxlmSpRQ9rc3bI3pwjEjRLr5udbmlAe99RIHRVcoAJDXq/ --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, 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] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
