Re: External FW 800 drive won't mount
Tom wrote: I was given a 500-gig FireWire 800 external drive (generic, I guess; no logo on the metal case) as part of the deal when I bought my G5 on eBay, but when I plug the drive into the FW 800 port of my G5, it does not show up on the desktop, even with restarts. I tried a different FW cable, and tried both FW ports on the drive, same result. Then I took the drive over to a G4 MDD with a FW 800 port and plugged it into that computer, but the G4 doesn't see it either, so it's not likely a dead FW port on the G5. The fan in the case is running, and I can hear the drive humming away in there too, the case gets warm and vibrates mildly to the touch like things are spinning inside, and the blue light is shining steadily on the front of the case. But it doesn't show up on the desktop, and Disk Utility doesn't see it either. Back in the old SCSI days, I remember using search utilities that could seek out drives and mount them, but Disk Utility doesn't seem capable of that, or at least I don't see any Search for and Mount Drives option. What do you do with a thing like this? I'd say take it out the Firewire case, plug it in the system. If the drive shows up-assuming it's formatted and all that-then you have ruled out it being bad. Tom --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to g3-5-list-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
Re: External FW 800 drive won't mount
Tom wrote: I was given a 500-gig FireWire 800 external drive (generic, I guess; no logo on the metal case) as part of the deal when I bought my G5 on eBay, but when I plug the drive into the FW 800 port of my G5, it does not show up on the desktop, even with restarts. I tried a different FW cable, and tried both FW ports on the drive, same result. Then I took the drive over to a G4 MDD with a FW 800 port and plugged it into that computer, but the G4 doesn't see it either, so it's not likely a dead FW port on the G5. The fan in the case is running, and I can hear the drive humming away in there too, the case gets warm and vibrates mildly to the touch like things are spinning inside, and the blue light is shining steadily on the front of the case. But it doesn't show up on the desktop, and Disk Utility doesn't see it either. Back in the old SCSI days, I remember using search utilities that could seek out drives and mount them, but Disk Utility doesn't seem capable of that, or at least I don't see any Search for and Mount Drives option. Even if the drive wasn't mounted Disk Utility would show it. If it doesn't show the drive at all it means the OS isn't seeing it as a drive. What do you do with a thing like this? Look at System Profiler, under FireWire. It should at least show the IDE (or SATA) to FW interface if not the drive itself. -- Clark Martin Redwood City, CA, USA Macintosh / Internet Consulting I'm a designated driver on the Information Super Highway --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to g3-5-list-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
Re: External FW 800 drive won't mount
On Dec 21, 4:14 am, Clark Martin cm...@sonic.net wrote: Tom wrote: I was given a 500-gig FireWire 800 external drive (generic, I guess; Even if the drive wasn't mounted Disk Utility would show it. If it doesn't show the drive at all it means the OS isn't seeing it as a drive. What do you do with a thing like this? Look at System Profiler, under FireWire. It should at least show the IDE (or SATA) to FW interface if not the drive itself. And if there is no hope there, maybe put the drive mechanism into another enclosure. Al Poulin --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to g3-5-list-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
