Hi Kev, To elaborate on what Dave wrote, for some reason OS X sometimes has problems with certain firewire products. This was eliminated to a large degree with 10.4.2 but some models are still causing problems or need updates to the product firmware. Check with your product manufacturer website if there are firmware upgrades available or check other sites for similar users problems to see how they overcame it:
Some sites that cover these things well: <http://www.xlr8yourmac.com/> <http://www.macfixit.com/> Especially the oxford bridge chips for firewire are known to have caused problems in the past. Just googling quickly produced this report and firewire firmware update for LaCie drives: <http://www.macfixit.com/article.php?story=20050810082828142> Hope that helps! P.S. Might I politely ask if you could refrain from using all caps in your subject lines...I appreciate that you are rather upset about the crashes and all but this is known as 'shouting' and tends to make people rather unreceptive to reading let alone helping with such messages. Thanks in advance! Richard -- On 13/8/05 17:18, "Dave Edwards" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 13/08/05, Kev <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> I finally found a way to stop the Mac freezing using OSX 10.4.2 and asking >> for a restart every 2 minutes - I disconnected my 2 firewire devices, which >> are:- >> >> Lacie external hard drive containing only OS9 files. >> Lacie CD burner. >> >> So how can I get OSX Tiger to "accept" this firewire disc(s) without >> freezing? I was hoping to use the external hard drive for storage. >> > Firmware upgrades. -- Mac UK is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... 123Inkjets.com <http://lowendmac.com/ad/123inkjets.html> Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> Mac UK list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/mac-uk.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/mac-uk%40mail.maclaunch.com/> iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com
