Have you tried connecting the ext drive via the Firewire 400 which obviously is working? Only thing I can think of. Nick On 11 Jan 2009, at 21:40, Jonathan Brady wrote:
> > hey there. small problem with firewire seems to be occurring. i have > a western digital firewire/mini usb external hard drive which i have > connected to my imac with a firewire 800 cable - not daisy chained. > up until today , the drive has been working fine with my imac. > however, now the drive is not being seen by the imac when the firewire > cable is connected. if i turn off the drive, unplug the firewire and > then plug in the drive using mini usb it operates properly albeit at a > much slower rate given the connection. i know this could mean i just > need to replace the firewire cable but is there anything else > mysterious it could be? I have unplugged and turned off the drive > umpteen times with different variations of order in terms of the > connection of the firewire cable but it doesn't seem to make any > difference. apple system profiler doesn't see the drive but does see > my firewire lacie speakers which are connected via the 400 port. any > suggestions or is it troubleshooting time? > > Jonathan Brady > Photographer > tel: +44(0) 7931 541 489 > web: www.jonathanbrady.net > email: [email protected], [email protected] > > > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Sussex Mac User Group" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/smug?hl=en-GB -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
