Greetings all :+) I've just acquired my first G5: a 1.8GHz with 1GB of memory. It came with 10.4 installed on an 80GB drive, and I put in a 500GB drive, and installed 10.5 on to it (my first SATA experience - went very smoothly) via Firewire 800 from one of my MirrorDoors, which came with a Time machine drive with Leopard on it. Both OS'es are fully updated.
Lovely machine apart from a bent back leg, so it has had a fall in its history (probably why only two of us bid on it, and I got it for a reasonable price!) Gorgeous design statement although not as upgradeable, hardware-wise as the MirrorDoors. But I digress..... All went well, but when I tried running my Firewire speakers, they lit up but when I looked at System profiler, it showed only the Firewire 800 bus as being present. I tried resetting PRAM and then NVRAM with no change. "But wait, I have Firewire cards," I thought. The first one wouldn't fit: seems I now have a Mac with PCI-x slots! However I had a brand new 800/400 card that went in nicely, and now when I look in System Profiler I have two firewire 800 channels listed, but still no Firewire 400! My firmware seems to be up to date. On the positive side, I now have 2 more FW800 ports, and I can connect my external DVD drives via 400/800 adapter leads. Is the FW400 on the motherboard FUBAR'ed and would this mean it would not recognise the FW400 'bits' of the card? From memory, disk utility knew my 1st gen iPod was connected, even though it wasn't showing on the desktop, . Hoping y'all can cast a little inSight on this.... Dan. -- 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
