Ward, Jerry: The System Profiler (or the "More info" button in X) says: "Firewire Information -- No firewire devices found." It says that whether anything is connected to the firewire port or not.
>Dan, > >Check to see that Apple System Profiler sees your firewire ports. If it >does, you more than likely have a software issue. > >Ward > >> The firewire port on my Powerbook G4 (500 Mhz) has quit recognizing devices >> connected to it. >> >> At first I thought the port might be dead, but I find that when I plug a >> portable firewire drive into it I can feel the hard drive spinning up -- so I >> know it's getting power -- but the drive never mounts. >> >> Much the same with an iPod. It charges properly when connected to that >> firewire port, but it never mounts and iTunes cannot find it. (I have tried >> holding the play-menu/previous-foreward buttons to reset it, but it still >> doesn't get recognized. And I have connected the iPod to another computer's >> firewire port and that computer does mount it.) >> >> Can a firewire port partially work? Does it make sense that it could provide >> power to the device but not provide whatever it takes to recognize the >> device? >> >> Dan >> >> >> >> >> | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will >> | be May 27. The LCS Web page is <http://www.kymac.org>. >> | This list's page is ><http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup>. > > > >| The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will >| be May 27. The LCS Web page is <http://www.kymac.org>. >| This list's page is ><http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup>. > | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will | be May 27. The LCS Web page is <http://www.kymac.org>. | This list's page is <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup>.
