Re: MDD 10.4.11 - transfer user info & programs to Intel 10.6.8

2014-02-16 Thread Dark_Mac
On Feb 16, 2014, at 9:15 PM, Fabian Fang wrote: On Feb 16, 2014, at 6:14 PM, Dark_Mac wrote: I need some direction/help here. I have been able to determine that the Firewire ports on my DP 1.0GHz MDD 10.4.11 are dead. I purchased a cheap PCI card from OWC to get back firewire (based on

Re: MDD 10.4.11 - transfer user info & programs to Intel 10.6.8

2014-02-16 Thread Fabian Fang
On Feb 16, 2014, at 6:14 PM, Dark_Mac wrote: > I need some direction/help here. I have been able to determine that the > Firewire ports on my DP 1.0GHz MDD 10.4.11 are dead. I purchased a cheap PCI > card from OWC to get back firewire (based on recent emails in the firewire > AWOL tread that t

MDD 10.4.11 - transfer user info & programs to Intel 10.6.8

2014-02-16 Thread Dark_Mac
Hi All, I need some direction/help here. I have been able to determine that the Firewire ports on my DP 1.0GHz MDD 10.4.11 are dead. I purchased a cheap PCI card from OWC to get back firewire (based on recent emails in the firewire AWOL tread that the PCI card I added will not work). I

Re: Firewire gone awol

2014-02-16 Thread peterhaas
>> I'd get a cheap FireWire PCI card and put that in. Any OHCI PCI card >> should do. They're not very expensive. Correct ... any OHCI-compatible PCI card will provide basic Firewire, at your choice of 400 or 800, and sometimes with several connector types, even internal ones. Even the very inex

Re: Firewire gone awol

2014-02-16 Thread Kris Tilford
On Feb 16, 2014, at 12:54 PM, Cameron Kaiser wrote: > I'd get a cheap FireWire PCI card and put that in. Any OHCI PCI card should > do. They're not very expensive. This will work for a Firewire port, but the original idea was to access Target Disk Mode, which only works with the built-in Firewi

Re: Firewire gone awol

2014-02-16 Thread Cameron Kaiser
> > Is the firewire 800 link separate from 400? > > System profiler only states "up to 800 Mb/sec" and then only after > > much wheel winding. > > Maybe a 6-9 cable will get me firewire? > > If the problem is with the 400 port, then the 800 might work. > Since a 400-to-800 FW cable should be relati

Re: Still looking...

2014-02-16 Thread Fabian Fang
On Feb 16, 2014, at 8:18 AM, Nestamicky wrote: > for a dedicated dlna client for OS X; ppc or intel. I'm desperate. SongBook works under OS 10.5 and is universal: -- -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for t

Re: Still looking...

2014-02-16 Thread James Carroll
> for a dedicated dlna client for OS X; ppc or intel. I'm desperate. > > Anyone know of a solid dedicated UPnP/DLNA *client*? I say dedicated > because I've tried VLC and don't really like it for that purpose. This > will run on 10.5.8, if you know of an intel app, that will be good for > research

Still looking...

2014-02-16 Thread Nestamicky
for a dedicated dlna client for OS X; ppc or intel. I'm desperate. Anyone know of a solid dedicated UPnP/DLNA *client*? I say dedicated because I've tried VLC and don't really like it for that purpose. This will run on 10.5.8, if you know of an intel app, that will be good for research as well. T

Re: Firewire gone awol

2014-02-16 Thread geraldcornish
On 16 /02/ 2014, at 15:06, Valter Prahlad wrote: installed 10.4.3, With didn't you install the 10.4.11 update? That could contain some drivers or stuff that make the FW ports running as they should. Valter, that was to be my next job after migrating my user - I'll get on with that no

Re: Firewire gone awol

2014-02-16 Thread Valter Prahlad
Il giorno 16/02/14 11.36, "geraldcornish" ha scritto: > Problem disk does not show up, tried several firewire cables & > alternate disks, zapped pram, all to no avail. Sounds like an hardware problem (either the port or the FW chips), but wait for more informed opinions before getting worried. ;-)

Firewire gone awol

2014-02-16 Thread geraldcornish
Hi G5 dual 2GHZ late 2005 with wiped hdd - started up in target disk mode via firewire cable (400), installed 10.4.3, restarted, attached backup disk via firewire intending to migrate my user data. Problem disk does not show up, tried several firewire cables & alternate disks, zapped pram, all