Gregg Gorrie wrote:
snip A recent addition has been an OWC Mercury Elite 80GB FW drive. If I try to capture video direct from the camera to it (using iMovie) the computer locks up the computer completely - more than likely a PCI timing issue. Playback and export are fine from it however. No problem, I just use the work flow as above. ------ Gregg - Won't hurt to give this a try. If you happened to format the drive with Hard Disk Speed Tools, use the control panel for firewire throughput and drop it down one notch. I'm not a hairsplitting speed demon with a stopwatch, but it hasn't affected the write/read speeds noticeably and haven't had any problems. I use my external firewire drive (a EZQuest Cobra+ 60gb) for temporary storage of photoshop files before they are burned and also for dragging over the System folder for backing up. Not sure which chip the MachFire card uses, but thanks for mentioning the 'chiap factor.' Alan -- SuperMacs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | Service & Replacement Parts [EMAIL PROTECTED] | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> SuperMacs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/supermacs/list.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/supermacs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
