[G4] External Drives Not Mounting

[Paul Moortgat]

It might be the Oxford 911 chipset that did the trick.

Paul Moortgat

On 28 Nov 2006, at 20:29, Ronald Steinke wrote:

> I, also, had a problem with an external drive not mounting but the  
> problem was with my new G5 tower, not a G4. The drive shows up  
> immediately upon powering it up when it is attached to the G4, but  
> will not appear at all with the G5. The G5 is a late 2005 2GHz Dual  
> Processor model with OS 10.4.8, 1.5Gb RAM, 160 SATA drive.
>
> I tried System Profiler, Disk Utility, DiskWarrior, and TechTool  
> Pro with the G5 and had no indication that the external drive even  
> existed. As soon as I moved it to the G4, it showed up. The G4 will  
> see it every time, but not the G5.
>
> I have no idea why and everything I have tried gives no success:  
> switching cables, trying the USB instead of FireWire connection on  
> the case, third party utilities, etc.
>
> I finally tried putting the extra drive into a different case.  
> SUCCESS at last, but I still don't know why it is working with one  
> machine and not the other. Can a difference between external cases  
> make this happen?

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