Hello, Have recently read some posts regarding FW cards, etc. I have been using a ORangeLink FW/USB combination card, that has had some problems. The USB side works flawlessly as I have never had any problems with it and have successfully connected a printer, ZIP drive and web cam to it.
Whereas the external FW drive has given me many problems with this card. Mostly I can copy to the drive without any problems, but copying from the drive is very troublesome and often locks the computer requiring a reboot to get the system back. I have tested the drive on another mac and there were no problems. Also I have had some strange experiences capturing from an external digital camera. Under 8.6 I had few problems, since going to 9.1 I have not been able to successfully capture from within FCP or Premiere. Usually locks up the machine as soon as i try. I have read a post that suggested using HDST to reduce Max Payload Size and Max Data Transfer Size. I tried to do this but got an error message from HDST when I tried to take over the drive. "Sorry, the partition map on this device does not conform to the Inside Mac Vol. 5 specification. Your disk has not been touched." Is it worth re-formatting the drive with HDST and applying the changes to Max Payload Size and Max Data Transfer Size or is the ORangeLink FW/USB card known to have issues with FW, the card sits in slot 2, and a Radeon 7000 in slot 1. No other slots are being used. I have the following FW extensions: FireWire CardBus Enabler 1.0.1 FireWire Enabler 2.4 FireWire OrangeLink PC Card 1.14 FireWire Support 2.4 HDST FireWire Support 3.0 Any help will be greatly appreciated. Thanks Greg G -- 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------
