Re: G4 temps acting crazy

2011-08-22 Thread Nick Adams
Hi again, I blew out the inside of the G4, it wasn't that dusty as I usually keep up with with that task. The fans are all working, and there is no spike in the CPU usage when the event happens. I reset the NVRAM and rebuilt the PRAM. When I first installed the Sonnet card and drives I also

Re: Firewire 400 not working in G5 PowerMac

2011-08-22 Thread Deiniol ap Deiniol
. I've had similar issues before, with both software and hardware   causes. Hardware is always someone tried to insert a FW400 plug upside- down, and since FW400 carries power it shorts out the port permanently   and it's dead forever. Hi Kris: Agreed, but I've still got power to my FW400's

Re: Firewire 400 not working in G5 PowerMac

2011-08-22 Thread Deiniol ap Deiniol
. I've had similar issues before, with both software and hardware   causes. Hardware is always someone tried to insert a FW400 plug upside- down, and since FW400 carries power it shorts out the port permanently   and it's dead forever. Hi Kris: Agreed, but I've still got power to my FW400's

Re: Firewire 400 not working in G5 PowerMac

2011-08-22 Thread Bruce Johnson
On Aug 22, 2011, at 7:01 PM, Deiniol ap Deiniol wrote: Hi Kris: Agreed, but I've still got power to my FW400's - just not data. I could understand if a fuse blows when a plug is mal-inserted - and I thought these fuses are designed to reset (?) - or does the short FUBAR the (FW chip?)

Re: Firewire 400 not working in G5 PowerMac

2011-08-22 Thread Bruce Johnson
On Aug 22, 2011, at 7:32 PM, Bruce Johnson wrote: I had to disable firewire support on it or it wouldn't sleep, and clearly it did not support firewire :-) I canNOT believe I forgot to add but clearly it supported 'ON Firewire'... -- Bruce Johnson Wherever you go, there you are B.