On Jul 10, 2010, at 7:45 PM, Eric Herbert wrote: > > On Jul 10, 2010, at 12:05 PM, Dan wrote: > >>> >> >> Firewire can be twitchy. You using known good cables etc? And when you >> have problems, what is being thrown into the system log? >> > > It can be? I can't say I've ever had a problem with Firewire other than > intermittent flakiness on the Cube. I use ultra cheap cables with various > devices all the time, and I've yet to ever have a problem. The only machine > I've got with "issues" is my Sawtooth. It had an unfortunate accident with > an external hard drive that had a worn out plug. A bit hard to determine the > correct way to plug the plug in, and well........oops! I can use one port at > a time, but not both simultaneously. The internal port doesn't seem to be > affected, only the ports on the back. The external hard disk went to the big > trash heap in the sky though..... > There is no workaround for the FW ports on the Cube AKAIK. I did circumvent the slow Airport cards with a Cisco Ethernet bridge, that was a worth while addition to all the Cubes I'm on the lookout always for Cube MOBOs but kinda scarce on an SS income. I fall prey to complete machines for parts and wind up tying to fix them after the mining operation:-) I can put a PCI Card in the PM G5 for more FW ports, but I really want my stuff up like new.
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