<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">I have no specific answers, just some thoughts.<div><br><div>1. Are you using the original G4 firewire port or one on the firewire card? Can you try useing the original port?</div><div>2. Does it matter which machine you put in Target disk mode? You could put the G5 in TDM and transfer files to it that way. </div><div>3. I assume the G4 has ATA drives, not SATA. Could there be a communication problem based on drive type?</div><div>4. Can you install one of the SATA drives at a time into the G5 and do the transfer that way?</div><div>5. How about putting a G5 drive into the G4 to do the transfer?</div><div><br></div><div>Sorry I can't be more helpful. Just running thru my thoughts of what I would try if I had this problem.</div><div><br></div><div>Dan T</div><div><br></div><div><br><div><div>On Dec 5, 2009, at 4:42 PM, Robert C. Buitron wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><font face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">I have a MDD 1.25 GHz, 800/400 firewire, 2GB RAM, 4 internal SATA HDs, PCI 4-channel SATA card adapter, and a Sonnet Allegro PCI firewire card.</font></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica; min-height: 14.0px"><br></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><font face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">I recently purchased a G5 and tried to use the Migration utility to copy files from the G4 to the G5. The G5 has only 800 firewire. When I connect the two computers, whether through the 800, 400, or 800-400 connectors, my G4 shuts down before reaching target mode.</font></p> </blockquote></div><br></div></div></body></html>