On Aug 22, 2011, at 7:01 PM, Deiniol ap Deiniol wrote: > Hi Kris: > > Agreed, but I've still got power to my FW400's - just not data. I > could understand if a fuse blows when a plug is mal-inserted - and I > thought these fuses are designed to reset (?) - or does the short > FUBAR the (FW chip?) so it will not send and receive data?
This is what happens when they do that: <http://dbdev2.pharmacy.arizona.edu/miscjunk/deadfirewire.jpg> Note: this computer ran just fine for years like this; it's on a 1Ghz G4 TiBook; I had to disable firewire support on it or it wouldn't sleep, and clearly it did not support firewire :-) -- Bruce Johnson "Wherever you go, there you are" B. Banzai, PhD -- 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
