I rarely get to that area, but now (sigh) I need to. And thanks for the convo, John. -russ
On Aug 27, 2014, at 7:36 PM, John Robinson <[email protected]> wrote: > Russ, > > This will require the likes of Mac Authority, 128 Breckenridge Ln., > Louisville, KY 40207. 502-259-5490. > > I have found them to be good folks and they may charge a table fee to > determine the problem but they would give you the cost and get permission > before they would repair. > > Hope it's an inexpensive fix. > > John > > > On Aug 27, 2014, at 5:29 PM, R. D. Preston <[email protected]> wrote: > >> John, >> >> I found one good (previously unused) FW cable, and have >> seen no differences. The FW connections that failed do still >> fail, whereas the USB hookups are fine… …so the drives >> themselves seem unaffected. >> >> I have a mid-2010 Mac mini, with a FW 800 input port for >> which I'm using a FW 400 adaptor. The FW hub (400) goes >> into this adaptor, and any of the working drive’s FW port >> connections that now go into the adaptor will still work. >> The drives that were powered on at the time of the spike(s) >> won’t function through those drive’s FW ports, so for now, >> I’ll assume those FW circuits are what got fried. >> >> Can these circuits/ports be repaired at a reasonably low cost? >> …or would the problem go further in and be on the primary >> circuit (mother) board? <!! eGad !!> >> >> - russ preston >> >> >>> I’ll search to see if I have other FW cables to try. I did >>> switch around the ones I have, but haven’t found a >>> difference amongst them. Will try when I find others, >>> and get back to this thread then. Thanks. >>> - russ >>> >>> >>> On Aug 25, 2014, at 10:26 PM, John Robinson <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> 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 an 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
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