--- You wrote: > I bought a 3.5" external enclosure for my 80G Hitachi drive. > It's an AMS Venus DS-2316 model. > I picked this one over OWC models - based purely on price. > It claims Mac support for USB, USB2 & FW. > No drivers needed for OS X - according to its owners manual. > It has Oxford 911 and Cypress CY7C68300A chipsets. > My mac sees and works with USB only, not USB2 or Firewire. > I already sent an email to their tech support but not really expecting > much. --- end of quote --- I had an awful time trying to get a Western Digital drive to work in my Firewire usb2 enclosure. Messed with master slave and cable select, formatting elsewhere then dropping it in the enclosure. Never did work, so it went back to BestBuy and I bought a Maxtor, which was what I originally had in there in the first place. Worked like a charm right away.
So there are compatibility issued with drives in Oxford bridge devices. I don't know why, or which. I know that particular Western Digital didn't work in that particular enclosure, a no name I bought on ebay. The original Maxtor I put in there worked fine for a couple of years until I dropped it (ugh.) I'd say, try another drive. Rich -- G-List is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- We have Apple Refurbished Monitors in stock! | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-List list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-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/g-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com
