Thanks to everyone who replied regarding my "Fried firewire drive?" post. The saga had a happy ending.
Phil in South Perth became my Santa Claus! I visited his place and there may as well have been reindeers parked out the front. His quick diagnosis was that the logic-board on the actual firewire drive had been zapped, plus the IceCube Case logic-board. We made a very lucky match with another drives logicboard and a quick test showed my data was safe. A new USB+Firewire case from Apple Centre Joondalup later and I'm ready to go again. Jolly is not the word! Thanks again, Paul > > In joining in with the silly season spirit I have managed to damage an > > External 120GB Firewire Drive, by plugging in a 16V power brick > > instead of it's usual 12V one. (In my defence they do look > > identical!) > > > > With the proper 12V power brick plugged in, I get a red light warning > > but I am unable to mount the drive on the iBook desktop. When I > > 'hotplug' the firewire cable into the iBook the drives light changes > > to purple/blue. > > > > Any ideas on how I can determine if there is any data still on the > > drive? What is the likelihood of recovering any data after such a > > power surge? > > > > Any tips welcome. > > Thanks, > > Paul > > > > -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- > > Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> > > Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> > > Unsubscribe - <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > WAMUG is powered by Stalker CommuniGatePro > > > >
