That’s good Matt! And a new iMac from Daniel will be great I’m sure ;-)
Cheers, Ronni Sent from Ronni's iPhone 7 Plus > On 29 Sep 2017, at 4:33 pm, Matt Falvey <mmfal...@bigpond.net.au> wrote: > > Hi Ronni, firstly yes I meant 1TB & 1.5TB External HD’S. > > Okay I went to the gear icon and devices was checked. I unchecked it and then > connected the 1TB External back up HD and it showed up on Path Finder > straight away. > > I tried the same with the 1.5TB and it did not but, this time the light did > come on, which indicated that there was some type of connection, but just not > enough to make it show up. > > At least we have got the fix one of the possible causes of the problem and as > you say a flakey FW 800 port not helping either. > > As long as I can back up that is the main problem solved. > > I am communicating with Daniel to get another iMac which should be able to > permanently solve the 1.5TB Movie External HD problem. > > Thanks for all of your help. > > Matt. > > ——————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————— > > Hi Matt, > > Still could be a flakey Firewire 800 port, or perhaps could be a software or > incorrect setting on the 27-inch iMac Yosemite. > > Are you using Path Finder 7.6? > Check your PF settings to make sure you don?t have this checked. > Click on the gear icon in the bottom left of PF sidebar, Standard checked for > the sidebar, then scroll down to ?Hide Selection? and is ?Devices" checked? > > I prefer to use the Mac?s Finder. > > I?m also a bit perplexed when you mention the external drives are 1GB backup > external drive & 1.5GB Movie? very small externals for backup & Movies, don?t > you mean 1.5TB & 1TB drives? > > Cheers, > Ronni > >> On 27 Sep 2017, at 12:11 pm, Matt Falvey <mmfal...@bigpond.net.au> wrote: >> >> Hi Ronni, sorry for taking so long Telstra have just finished reconnecting >> us to the world after 5 days. >> >> I tried reseting the SMC and then the PRAM on startup and the problem still >> occurred. >> >> As I had 5 days to think things over I went through my mind as to what had I >> changed since I started using the iMac and the occurrence of the FW 800 not >> working. >> >> The only thing I could think of was that I started to use, virtually >> exclusively, Path Finder. >> >> So I closed Path Finder down, did the SMC and PRAM the connected the 1GB >> backup External HD and it showed up! (I quickly backed everything up while >> it was there) >> >> I was on a roll, so I ejected that and connected the 1.5GB movie file >> External HD and that did not show up? >> >> I disconnected it and did an SMC and PRAM and connected it, no show. Did the >> same and switched cables from the 1GB to the 1.5GB, no show. >> >> >> Then connected the 1.5GB External HD to the 20? iMac and it showed up with >> both sets of cables >> >> So now it seems as if I can get one External HD to work but not the other >> >> Thanks >> >> Matt. >>> >>> >>> ????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????- >>> >>> Hi Matt, >>> I would suggest you have a dead Firewire 800 Port unfortunately. >>> As a last resort you could try - unplug the iMac for 15 seconds, then on >>> Startup zap the PRAM (Command-Option-P-R) for three boots. Then test the >>> Firewire 800 Port. >>> Otherwise it?s a new logic board replacement which unless you are covered >>> by extended warranty costs a lot of $$$ >>> >>> If the Zapping the PRAM doesn?t help, perhaps contact Daniel of MacWizardry >>> for him to have a look at the iMac. >>> >>> Cheers, >>> Ronni >>> Sent from Ronni's iPhone 7 Plus >>> >>>> On 23 Sep 2017, at 6:27 pm, Matt Falvey <mmfal...@bigpond.net.au >>>> <mailto:mmfal...@bigpond.net.au>> wrote: >>>> >>>> Hi Ronni, >>>> >>>> The external HD began to stop working about 12 to 14 months or so ago. It >>>> would be intermittent at first, sometimes it would not connect and other >>>> times it would, As I was generally using the monthly back up it was not >>>> big deal. More recently I had to use the SMC reset to get it to work. Then >>>> about 4-5 months ago I bought a USB hard drive for the back ups, as it >>>> didn?t seem to connect at all and put it out of my mind. >>>> >>>> Neither of them show in Disk Utility. >>>> >>>> System Profiler under Hardware says - FireWire Bus: Maximum Speed: Up to >>>> 800 Mb/sec >>>> >>>> Neither shows in System Profiler when connected to the FW800 port >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> I connected them to the 20? iMac and in the System Profiler they showed up >>>> - FireWire>FireWire Device Tree>FireWire Bus>My Book >>>> >>>> The same with Disk Utility, they showed up as a disk on the LHS. >>>> >>>> Take care. >>>> >>>> Matt. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> Hi Matt, >>>> >>>> When did these external HD stop showing on the Desktop? >>>> Do either of these external HD show in Disk Utility on the 27 inch iMac? >>>> Have you checked the FW800 port in System Profiler? >>>> When connected to the FW800 port do they show in System Profiler: under >>>> Hardware - FW800 - status: ? >>>> >>>> Cheers, >>>> Ronni >>>> >>>>> On 22 Sep 2017, at 12:44 pm, Matt Falvey <mmfal...@bigpond.net.au >>>>> <mailto:mmfal...@bigpond.net.au>> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> Hi, I have an iMac 27 inch Late 2009, 2.8 GHz Intel Core i7, running OSX >>>>> 10.10.5, with one Firewire 800 port which does not work. >>>>> >>>>> I have two external HD?s, neither show on the desktop nor light up to >>>>> indicate that they are operational when I connect them to the iMac. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> I also have an iMac 20 inch 2.4 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo, running OS X >>>>> 10.9.5. If I connect either of the two above external HD?s to it they >>>>> both show up straight away and I can see all the files on them. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> One of the external HD?s in my backup for the 27 inch iMac, the other >>>>> contains large movie files so I really need the FW800 port to operate. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> By using external HD?s on the 20? I believe I have ruled out the cables >>>>> as causing the problem as they both work. >>>>> >>>>> I have disconnected everything from the 27? and reset the SMC, still it >>>>> does not show. >>>>> >>>>> I have connected the external HD to the 20? and made it active and then >>>>> tried to piggy back it, using its other FW800 port, and one of the tested >>>>> cables, to the 27?, it still did not show up. >>>>> >>>>> I did the exact same as above and put an SMC reboot in the middle. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Anyone have any ideas on a possible remedy? >>>>> >>>>> Thanks >>>>> >>>>> Matt. >
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