[X4U] FireWire quits working

[John Erdman]

On Sep 23, 2006, at 9:33 PM, Stroller wrote:

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> On 23 Sep 2006, at 23:04, John Erdman wrote:
>> ...
>>  I use a 120 GB Hard drive in a Firewire enclosure with an Oxford  
>> bridge.  For some unknown reason the iMac has stopped recognizing  
>> that drive but the G4 sees it fine. (It's only connected to one  
>> computer at a time).
>
> Dumb question, but have you tried plugging the drive into another  
> firewire port?

I have, but to no avail. Both FW ports are inert!  But I didn't  
*really* expect it to show any life. In the profiler the G4 shows  
some info about the FW bus even with nothing connected. The iMac has  
no info about the FW bus showing.... like there's noting there to  
report on.


>
>> It appears that the iMac has lost the FW bus.. Is this posssible?  
>> or a likely diagnosis?
>
> Yes, I'm sorry to say it is possible.

Rats! and Double rats!   I was hoping one of you more knowledgeable  
than I could tell me about some preference that has gotten reset  
accidently. Or something simple like that.  Why is it that all MY  
problems are expensive????

Thanks for the help.
John