[1394] Re: FireWire Problem

jeff chasick jchasick at mac.com
Tue Apr 29 17:32:40 PDT 2003 

Try recycling the power manager


> 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  (that?s 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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