Re: WD FW800 HDD won't work with iMac anymore but will with MacMini

2011-10-05 Thread Ronda Brown
Hi Brian, Thanks for getting back to the list. Glad you have your FW 800 port working again. Is the FW400 / USB hub self powered from its own separate power supply? What are the specs of your iMac, how old etc? You have a few devices coming from the Hub, plus your Two FW 800 Drives connected

Re: WD FW800 HDD won't work with iMac anymore but will with MacMini

2011-10-05 Thread Brian Scott
Hi Ronni, My iMac isn't very old ( 24-inch Early 2008, 3.06 GHz Intel Core Duo). I'd like to sell it before the AppleCare runs out on it but I prefer it to the new iMacs. Although I guess I could get used to a new one. It runs Tiger, the MacMini has Leopard and my MacAir has Tiger. The USB

Re: WD FW800 HDD won't work with iMac anymore but will with MacMini

2011-10-05 Thread Ronda Brown
Hi Brian, On 05/10/2011, at 6:03 PM, Brian Scott wrote: Hi Ronni, My iMac isn't very old ( 24-inch Early 2008, 3.06 GHz Intel Core Duo). I'd like to sell it before the AppleCare runs out on it but I prefer it to the new iMacs. Although I guess I could get used to a new one. It

Re: WD FW800 HDD won't work with iMac anymore but will with MacMini

2011-10-04 Thread Brian Scott
On 04/10/2011, at 1:31 PM, Ronda Brown wrote: Hi Brian, Have you tried: Unplug the Power for 5min to your computer and drives and then restart? The other thing that can happen is an external drive won't mount on one computer but will mount on another. If you have an application

WD FW800 HDD won't work with iMac anymore but will with MacMini

2011-10-03 Thread Brian Scott
Hi, I've had these two WD drives (4 TB 2 TB) hooked up (daisy-chained) to my iMac 24 for a while now. First yesterday I couldn't access some second level directories now I get this warning from 'About This Mac/firewire' - FireWire Bus: Warning:Unable to list FireWire devices. even

Re: WD FW800 HDD won't work with iMac anymore but will with MacMini

2011-10-03 Thread Ronda Brown
Hi Brian, Have you tried: Unplug the Power for 5min to your computer and drives and then restart? The other thing that can happen is an external drive won't mount on one computer but will mount on another. If you have an application running from an external drive that automatically loads on