[G4] External firewire device surprise unmount

[ewood at izoom.net]

> On Sat, Jul 19, 2008 at 3:15 AM, Robert Pearson <rrpearson at bellsouth.net>
> wrote:
>>
>> Recently my Quicksilver 2002 (upgraded to 1.4 ghz, 1.5 GB. 10.4.11) has
>> started some peculiar behavior.
>
> It's pretty much a wild guess, but the fact that both your firewire
> and your USB buses are affected, and you have a power-hungry video
> card plus a few additional PCI cards makes me think that you're
> drawing a bit more power than your power supply can reliably handle.
>
> --
> Rich

That is a wonderful idea, actually. Very likely what it is. And it's
possible that you can get an ATX power supply to work with the system -
that's something I was able to do with a Yosemite G3 system. I found a
guide at xlr8yourmac.com, and for that system I just had to snip one wire.

Eric W.