On Sep 22, 2008, at 5:17 PM, Simon Royal wrote:
> > Hi > > I have recently swapped most of my external USB drives for Firewire > ones, > as I only ever had my iPod plugged in via firewire, leaving a spare > firewire port, meanwhile my USB ports and hubs were brimming. > > So I hooked up my iPod through my external firewire DVD writer. Great! > apart from one oddity. > > Sit the iPod on the dock and it powers up and charges but wouldn't > mount. > So I switched on the firewire DVD writer ??? I gather that the DVD unit has an external (I.E. Wall Wart) power supply. Just how are you 'switching on' the DVD unit? Is there a switch on the DVD? > and lo and behold the iPod showed > it's 'do not disconnect' and then mounted and iTunes kicked into life. > > So what would happen if I turned off my DVD writer while the iPod was > mounted? Would it disconnect the iPod too. That would be my expectation given your description so far. > Just a bit confused as to why it > would power the iPod even if the DVD writer is off but only mount > if it is > on. > > Seems daisy chaining has its drawbacks. > Another example of deficient documentation, requiring the User (you) to 'learn by experimentation'. ;-) Fortunately, I haven't yet run into any questionable problems using FireWire. Chuck D. > Simon > > --- http://www.simonroyal.co.uk - Mac news, reviews, guides, upgrades, > hacks and more... - http://www.nmug.org.uk - webmaster for Norwich > Mac User > Group - The box said requires Windows XP or better, so I bought an > Apple > Mac. > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
