Hey Dan, You either have a dead port(s), bad cable or bad device. But it looks to be hardware. Start switching out those three variables and see what you find.
Ward Oldham, MacDude MacTown 1041 Bardstown Road Louisville, KY 40204 502-485-1243 ward at mactown.us http://www.mactown.us > 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>. | 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>.
