Joseph McAllister wrote:
I have a 1 TB MyBook, and although it still works (at times), if my iMac
goes to sleep for any length of time, when I awaken the iMac, the drive
does not. Frequently, when Time Machine started to back up to it (it was
my main BU drive at one time) it would not be able to "find" the drive,
even though it was up and running. If I turned it off using the switch
at the rear panel of the drive, then turned it back on, it would then
mount to the desktop and back up fine - until the next time. So, I do
not use it anymore, because, as Western Digital says, it was no longer
responding to a wake up signal. They said I could ship it to them and
they would replace it.
I never have, so it sits, a full backup of my drives & system as of last
summer sometime.
Just as my old 300 GB Western Digital sits nearby, a Back-up testament
to my old Dual 1 GIG G4 Quicksilver. The files on it have been
transferred to other drives, making it a backup from 3 years ago, maybe
4 yrs. An army of older G4, G3, and PowerMac units are scattered around
in Tower and Laptop form.
I have a planned use for each and every one. I knew you'd be thinking
bad thoughts of me if I said otherwise! <grin>
Joe
Joe, on that 1 TB MyBook: make sure you have the very latest firmware
installed. I had exactly the problems you describe until about a month
ago when I upgraded the drive firmware to 0x1034.
That damned MyBook would freeze-up overnight at least once a week, and
often require the iMac to be rebooted. But so far, touch wood, it's
been fine since the new firmware.
And, like Godfrey, I don't trust or use the stupid utility software that
they supply. I just plug in the MyBook and use it as-is.
But I won't be buying any more WD FireWire drives.
-bmw
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