...story continues...
Well I tried resetting PRAM, and no difference.
(I can't find the reset button on my motherboard to do the PMU: I
have the take-apart guide stored on another Mac so I'll look at that
later).
I've also done open firmware reset........(does this reset the PMU?)
........and I STILL have no firewire 400. My FW 400/800 card is
recognised, and system Profiler just shows the two FW800 busses - the
internal one and the one on the card.
I'm still unclear as to why the FW400 part of the card is not coming
on stream. After all OSX knows about firewire, so it should just find
the card, and it certainly finds the FW800 bits without any fuss.
My Griffin PowerWave powers uo from the FW400 port on the
card, and, if connected to the FW800 bus via adapter cable, is
recognised.
......Dan.
On Aug 20, 9:06 am, maggel...@gmail.com wrote:
> Try this similar solutions...I "almost" get it back the 400 in my G5 Dual
> but for some reason the external HD still won't show up even when the
> MBoard recognized... 400 with Lack of power I think but the 800 is Ok.This
> problem happen often in G5's.Good luck!!!
>
> 1 Sterett Prevost
> Re: Stephen Curry and both FW ports
> Perhaps one of these suggestions will help:
> 1) Pull ALL cables (pwr, USB, etc) and let sit for 10 minutes; reconnect &
> restart. 2) press the SMU reset button (ONCE) on the logic board; it is
> halfway between the lowest RAM slot and the bottom edge of the logic board.
> 3) Zap the P-RAM: After the startup tone, hold down <cmd><opt><p><r> until
> 3 additional startup tones are heard, then release the 4 keys. Note: the
> <cmd> key is next to the space bar and may have an apple or "propeller" on
> it, while the <opt> key is next to it and may have the word "option"
> and/or "alt" on it. 4) Open Firmware reset for PPC: After the startup tone,
> hold down <command><option><o><f> until the text screen is visible. When
> text can be entered, type the following commands, followed by the <return>
> key:
> reset-nvram set-defaults reset-all (the Mac will boot up after this command
> is entered
>
> 2 Nordahl
> I have revived FireWire ports with this Open Firmware action:
> Boot into Open Firmware:
> Restart holding command-option-of
> At the Open Firmware command line key in:
> reset-nvram <press return>
> reset-all <press return>
> Your MAChine should restart and your FireWire ports may be available.
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