Greetings All, Before I take my beloved iMac to the shop I thought I would look for a solution here as a last ditch effort. Thanks in advance to all who reply.
I have four FireWire drives and a Web Cam plugged into the iMac's FireWire ports. All drives were formated using Apple drivers. I have zapped the PRAM, zeroed my iMac hard drive, and re installed all software from scratch. My iMac is a CDRW 600 with 512MB of RAM. I have discovered over several months that if i shut my machine down for two or three days the FireWire devices will mount and work fine for about three to five days. Then without warning the computer will shut down and restart without any FireWire devices mounting. Apple Profiler shows that no FireWire devices are present although they are all plugged into the two ports. The four drives are coupled together into one port and the web cam is in the other one. I have also tried each device one at a time. I have unplugged all other devices entering the machine and ran every type of utility which detects no problems with the operating system. Is there a way of checking the FireWire bus system itself? I'm pulling my hair out over this one, please help. Thanks, [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- The iMac List is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | - Epson Stylus Color 580 Printers - new at $69 | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> iMac List info: <http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/imac-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
