Well, it turns out that the replacement internal FW module does work
after all...unfortunately I only discovered this *after* I had ordered a
TI-chipset FW 400 card and thought that wasn't working either. It turns
out that my testing was at fault.
(Note to self: test FW devices with something
The boot drive definitely has issues. I was able to get the few files I
actively use off, and at this point I am running off the original (!) 120gb
internal drive and a thumb drive for my data.
I was still having boot issues though when I had both 500gb drives plugged
in. I had bought an SATA inte