On May 23, 2010, at 9:27 PM, Jeffrey Engle wrote:
On May 23, 2010, at 9:09 PM, JOHN CARMONNE wrote:
On May 23, 2010, at 8:58 PM, Kris Tilford wrote:
On May 23, 2010, at 6:57 PM, Jeffrey Engle wrote:
Ya, this is the same thing I have, why do they make this bracket
if you can't use them?
I haven't used any of these adapters, but it would appear to be a
straightforward adapter with low chances of not functioning
correctly? John says one of his works and one doesn't. That seems
strange, but I think he's running two different OS versions,
Tiger 10.4.11 & Leopard 10.5.8; and two different firmware
versions, one for Tiger & one for Leopard? Obviously it seems
like troubleshooting this problem isn't straightforward at all. I
doubt the problem is with the adapter, unless you're also
reporting yours doesn't work correctly?
I'd suggest try "cross booting" the two Macs using Firewire
Target Disk mode booting. This way you should be able to boot the
working G4 Tiger Mac using the non-working Leopard system from
the G5; and also boot the G5 with the Tiger system from the G4.
This will tell you if the OS is responsible for the non-
functionality. If the two cards are identical, but have different
firmware, you could try switching them, which would be easier
than flashing them again, and this would tell you if the firmware
was the issue.
You need to cover all the possibilities, with two OS versions and
two firmware versions there are four possible combinations.
Knowing which combinations work, and which fail would probably
nail down what the true issue is.
I have Tiger and Leopard on both machines. The external WD works
on the G4 both Leopard and Tiger it seems to power on the G5 but
not mount. I have 3 Hitachi 2TB drives on the Seritek 1V4 card in
the G5 and they all work in Tiger and Leopard. But the WD external
won't work It leaves only the SATA to eSATA bracket in my mind as
the weak link.
I don't have an esata external here to test my machines with, but
keep me posted. I have the same bracket and it would be nice to use
it on my machines as well. I have both a mdd G4 dual 1.42 running
leopard and a G5 2.3 early 2005 running leopard as well... both
firmtek cards/firmware are identical. jeff
OK the darn WD 1TB MyBook drive is CRAPOLA! Why the heck it mounts on
the G4 I guess is magic, it doesn't mount on the G5.I know a lot of
folks have a bad rap for WD but I kinda stuck it out with them
because I spent a lot with the things in the beginning, Now I only
buy Hitachi and Seagate they have excellent warranties.
I just put together a rocketfish eSATA USB enclosure with a 200 GB
drive and it mounts just fine on the G5 and G4 Tiger and Leopard.
Geez all these weeks messing with all the manusha and it's the damn
WD I should have tried another drive the first day.
I got the rocketfish enclosures for $16.00 brand new they even come
with cables a screwdriver and power adaptor.:-) Thanks to Kris, Jeff
and all who helped me on this, I have a eSATA single bracket FS
cheap. LOL
JOHN CARMONNE
Yorba Linda USA
From TiBook 800
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