will removing the pram battery do anything different than zapping the pram?
if not, then it's even easier. Just boot holding option + apple + p + r and hold it, until you hear the boot chime 4 times. Four is the magic number. (honestly, i don't know why apple recommends four times, but their phone support does). Thats it... reset your clock and you should be up and going again. Mike --- Daniel Kerr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 9/02/2006 6:18 AM, "Robert Howells" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > On 9 Feb 2006, at 1:16 AM, Christian Kotz wrote: > > > >> Hi All > >> > >> just wondering if anyone has any clues on why > only one of the two > >> firewire ports on my Cube choose to function. The > port closest to the > >> USB and Monitor connectors is the one that > appears to have trouble > >> transferring data. When my iPod is connected to > it, the iPod only > >> charges rather than docks and camcorder isn't > recognised either when > >> connected to it. The second port works fine > connecting iPod and > >> docking it into iTunes and camcorder is > recognised in iMovie etc. I > >> thought it may have been dirty connectors inside > the port so I've > >> cleaned it and checked it all out but still no > life. I'd prefer to > >> have 2 ports so I could leave both firewire > devices constantly > >> connected as it is a real hastle to connect and > disconnect any cables > >> on the cube but I need to swap the firewire leads > regularly with only > >> one port. > >> > >> Regards Christian > > > > You could try the following " Fix " ..... > courtesy of Macintouch > > > > Bob > > > > > > > > Joshua Weiland said : > > > > In response to David Garozzo having problems with > the FireWire ports > > going dead on his father's iBook, I've had the > same thing happen twice > > on my iMac (original flat panel, 800 MHz, > SuperDrive). I've had it > > happen under Panther & Tiger. > > The fix both times has been to disconnect the > FireWire devices, > > log in to Open Firmware, > > and at the prompt type "reset-nvram", then reboot. > > After booting up, I've reconnected my FireWire > devices > > to have them work perfectly. > > (I believe I originally found this fix on Apple's > support pages > > probably 2 years ago.) > > > > Hi Christian > > The other thing you can also try as well, which > sometimes work is to remove > the little PRAM battery inside the cube. You'd need > to take the cube apart > to do this, but I don't think you should have any > problems with that. > So disconnect everything, take the power out, remove > the battery and leave > it for 10-15minutes or longer. Then pop it back in > and see if that works. > I've had Firewire stop on a computer once and after > doing that it all worked > fine again. > (Otherwise if it's something fried on the > motherboard it may be cheaper to > look at a Firewire hub. But we'll be optimistic > first! ;o) > > Fingers crossed. > > Kind Regards > Daniel > --- > Daniel Kerr > MacWizardry > > Phone: 0414 795 960 > Email: <danielATmacwizardryDOTcomDOTau> > Web: <http://www.macwizardry.com.au> > > > **For everything Macintosh** > > > -- 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 > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
