Jonathan Brady wrote on 11/1/09 at 21:40 >hey there. small problem with firewire seems to be occurring. i have >a western digital firewire/mini usb external hard drive which i have >connected to my imac with a firewire 800 cable - not daisy chained. up >until today , the drive has been working fine with my imac. however, >now the drive is not being seen by the imac when the firewire cable is >connected. if i turn off the drive, unplug the firewire and then plug >in the drive using mini usb it operates properly albeit at a much >slower rate given the connection. i know this could mean i just need >to replace the firewire cable but is there anything else mysterious it >could be? I have unplugged and turned off the drive umpteen times with >different variations of order in terms of the connection of the >firewire cable but it doesn't seem to make any difference. apple >system profiler doesn't see the drive but does see my firewire lacie >speakers which are connected via the 400 port. any suggestions or is >it troubleshooting time?
try a different user? does power still travel down the port and cable? I once had a FW connector lose data ablity but continue to provide power, many years ago. It does sound like you should check the cable before assuming anything else. Just to be absolutely clear - is the FW 400 a completely different port or is attached via an adaptor? I would also reset the power manager as that often fixes iSight bus problems - not identical , but not dissimilar either... --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Sussex Mac User Group" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/smug?hl=en-GB -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
