Apologies in advance for jumping in late... >>How many of these devices are drawing power from the computer? It sounds like a power overload problem to me.
> I have unplugged all other devices entering the machine and ran every > type of utility which detects no problems with the operating system. > I'm pulling my hair out over this one, please help. > It is possible that the FW port itself has come loose and needs some resoldering, but believe me you can't fix this yourself, nor do you want to. I'd investigate the power issue first, though. _Chas_<< ------------------------------------ I agree with Chas, of course unless this troubleshooting approach has been disproved in subsequent, unread, list messages !!! If you loose all FireWire devices, it tends to point to the FireWire interface on the Mac. It could be that all of those peripherals are suddenly drawing a bit too much power, and causing the buss to "go out", or it could be a problem with the FireWire card in the Mac, or with one of the peripherals. Try connecting one peripheral at a time and see what happens. If they all work by themselves, then start adding a second one (ie: try combinations of two). Also, what OS are you running. This behavior has been reported with 10.2, and maybe earlier versions of 10. Despite trying, I have not heard of the fix, but one possibility is to re-install the FireWire extensions. BTW, check to make sure that your FireWire extension, if any, are active. Jerry -- 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------
