Well, maybe it's a cable. If it won't work with a direct connection I would try a new cable, if that doesn't do it then try a different 400 port, try a different external drive, if you have one. Process of elimination will help narrow down if it's in the Mac or the drive or the cable.
I used to have a 400 hub but it's now gone so I don't really have a device to give you but would gladly if available. On Aug 25, 2014, at 9:32 PM, R. D. Preston <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello John, > Bypassing the hub was one of the first things I did to begin > eliminating the possibles for this problem. Of the drives > that were operating before I could shut down the system, > those are the ones I see this problem with. Bypassing the > hub gives the same failure as with the hub. The hub is a > 400 speed Belkin with 6 FW jacks and also a aux. power > input. I have never had the hub in use with the aux. power, > nor needed to use with before. > - russ > > > On Aug 25, 2014, at 8:41 PM, John Robinson <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Russ, >> >> If you bypass the firewire hub and go straight from the computer to the >> external drive will it then work? >> >> If so, it's just the hub. Is the hub for Fire 400 or 800? >> >> >> On Aug 25, 2014, at 10:36 AM, R. D. Preston <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Hello, >>> >>> Storms during Fri./Sat. had many lightning strikes, and one >>> in particular caused loud sparking noises with fireworks at >>> the back of my bank of auxiliary external drives and cable >>> modem. I’ve corrected the modem & ethernet problem, but >>> the event seems to have fried my Firewire circuits, along with >>> a Firewire hub I’m using. The USB ports do still work. >>> >>> Are these Firewire circuits / ports fixable and affordable? >>> …or is this problem something I must live with? >>> >>> Please & thanks for any help. >>> -russ preston >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> MacGroup mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/macgroup >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> MacGroup mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/macgroup > > > > _______________________________________________ > MacGroup mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/macgroup _______________________________________________ MacGroup mailing list [email protected] http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/macgroup
