[1394] Re: FireWire Problem

Tue Apr 29 17:19:16 PDT 2003

Me again (the guy with the original problem). I reset
the pram and reset the firmware. It didn't work. I
also looked on apple.com/support. They suggested (for
Powerbooks) that you update your firmware (you can get
downloads on the apple site, which I did with no luck.
Any other suggestions?

--- "support at fwdepot" <support at fwdepot.com> wrote:
> Try reset all or resetall
> 
> It should be reset-all
> 
> Example:
> 0 > reset-all
> Press Return
> 
> The reset-all command should cause the computer to
> restart. If this occurs,
> you have successfully reset the Open Firmware
> settings.
> 
> You may also want to cycle the power manager -
> depending on your machine,
> check the Apple knowledge base for information
> specific to the model machine
> you are using
> 
> http://www.info.apple.com/
> 
> 
> 
> 
> > Thank you for your suggestions.  (I'm new and
> jumping in here.)  I followed
> > all your suggestions (my iMac has stopped
> recognizing firewire devices).  I
> > zapped the PRAM and  rebooted for the firmware. 
> When I got to the re-set
> > firewire spot, the computer could not recognize
> the reset-all.  Any idea
> > what I did wrong?  I typed the reboot command and
> it restarted.
> > 
> > Thanks.
> > 
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "David DelMonte" <ddelmonte at mac.com>
> > To: "Macintosh FireWire List"
> <FireWire at lists.themacintoshguy.com>
> > Sent: Tuesday, April 29, 2003 1:53 AM
> > Subject: [1394] Re: FireWire Problem
> > 
> > 
> > Cool.. Thanks
> > 
> > 
> > On Tuesday, April 29, 2003, at 08:06 AM,
> support at fwdepot wrote:
> > 
> >> Reboot your machine like you would for zapping
> pram except hold down
> >> 
> >> Command-Option-O-F  (that¹s the letter O NOT
> number 0)
> >> 
> >> At the open firmware prompt type reset-all and
> press return, the
> >> machine
> >> will reboot
> >> 
> >>> How do you "reset firmware"?
> >>> 
> >>> Thanks
> >>> 
> >>> 
> >>> On Tuesday, April 29, 2003, at 03:22 AM,
> support at fwdepot wrote:
> >>> 
> >>>> Did you he have do the following:
> >>>> 
> >>>> 1) reboot machine
> >>>> 2) zap pram
> >>>> 3) reboot machine
> >>>> 4) reset open firmware
> >>>> 
> >>>> Without another firewire device to test it will
> be hard for you to
> >>>> determine
> >>>> whether the port is live or dead but if the
> cdrw is still
> >>>> functioning,
> >>>> after
> >>>> performing the above it should either work or
> confirm that the port
> >>>> is
> >>>> dead
> >>>> (which we doubt) - the problem you described
> sounds more like a
> >>>> probably
> >>>> media problem than an actual firewire problem,
> but the force quit may
> >>>> have
> >>>> caught the firewire port in an interim state
> which is why it is
> >>>> frozen...
> >>>> 
> >>>> 
> >>>>> I have a 550mHz G4 Powerbook that I bought in
> December
> >>>>> of 2001. I have a 6 month old external cd-rw
> drive
> >>>>> connected to the FireWire port. I use Toast
> Lite to
> >>>>> burn CDs. Two weeks ago I was copying an audio
> cd and
> >>>>> it was almost finished with the verification
> process
> >>>>> when it "froze" -- not exactly froze. It
> seemed to be
> >>>>> still working, but when it was in the same
> >>>>> verification position for about 30 minutes I
> figured
> >>>>> something was wrong (it normally takes about
> 10
> >>>>> minutes total for me to copy one cd). I was
> unable to
> >>>>> cancel, so I force-quit the application. Ever
> since
> >>>>> that time, my computer is not reading anything
> >>>>> connected to my firewire port. I had a friend
> of my
> >>>>> who is a mac-guru take a look at it and he
> couldn't
> >>>>> tell what was wrong, but said he had been
> reading
> >>>>> about a potential problem with the firewire
> ports on
> >>>>> some of the earlier models of the G4
> Powerbook. He
> >>>>> also said it might be my cd-rw drive. I don't
> have any
> >>>>> other firewire devices, so I'm wondering if
> there is
> >>>>> any way of determining if it is a problem with
> the
> >>>>> computer or the peripheral.
> >>>>> 
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