Sometimes you can fix firewire or other port problems by zapping the pram etc but I had to resort to a soldering iron a year ago on a friends MDD. One of his kids had butchered both ports so we cut them out and soldered in new ones taken from a non-working DA.
Stewie > Date: Wed, 30 Dec 2009 21:56:47 -0500 > Subject: Re: Firewire ports stop working? > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > > > > > On 12/30/09 8:18 PM, Stewie de Young of [email protected] sent > > > Some pertinent links here > > http://www.wiebetech.com/whitepapers/FireWirePortFailures.php > > http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=1534543 > > > > Stewie > > > Thank you for the links, Stevie. Most helpful. > -Dana > > > -- > 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 _________________________________________________________________ A world FIRST in property search has arrived! Check out Domain Radar NOW! http://clk.atdmt.com/NMN/go/157631292/direct/01/ -- 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
