On May 23, 2010, at 8:58 PM, Kris Tilford wrote:
On May 23, 2010, at 6:57 PM, Jeffrey Engle wrote:
Ya, this is the same thing I have, why do they make this bracket
if you can't use them?
I haven't used any of these adapters, but it would appear to be a
straightforward adapter with low chances of not functioning
correctly? John says one of his works and one doesn't. That seems
strange, but I think he's running two different OS versions, Tiger
10.4.11 & Leopard 10.5.8; and two different firmware versions, one
for Tiger & one for Leopard? Obviously it seems like
troubleshooting this problem isn't straightforward at all. I doubt
the problem is with the adapter, unless you're also reporting yours
doesn't work correctly?
I'd suggest try "cross booting" the two Macs using Firewire Target
Disk mode booting. This way you should be able to boot the working
G4 Tiger Mac using the non-working Leopard system from the G5; and
also boot the G5 with the Tiger system from the G4. This will tell
you if the OS is responsible for the non-functionality. If the two
cards are identical, but have different firmware, you could try
switching them, which would be easier than flashing them again, and
this would tell you if the firmware was the issue.
You need to cover all the possibilities, with two OS versions and
two firmware versions there are four possible combinations. Knowing
which combinations work, and which fail would probably nail down
what the true issue is.
I have Tiger and Leopard on both machines. The external WD works on
the G4 both Leopard and Tiger it seems to power on the G5 but not
mount. I have 3 Hitachi 2TB drives on the Seritek 1V4 card in the G5
and they all work in Tiger and Leopard. But the WD external won't
work It leaves only the SATA to eSATA bracket in my mind as the weak
link.
JOHN CARMONNE
Yorba Linda USA
From TiBook 800
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