[CUBE] Is my Firewire dead ?

[Richard Clark]

On Tuesday, February 18, 2003, at 08:11 PM, Miguel Duran wrote:

> On 2/17/03 12:17, "Richard Clark" <mawgadog at tin.it> wrote:
>
>>
>> On Sunday, February 16, 2003, at 10:23 PM, Miguel Duran wrote:
>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> Since today I cannot mount my external Maxtor firewire HD anymore.
>>> It's just
>>> gone... I have run the hardware test cd and on the hardware profile
>>> tab I
>>> could read 'Firewire not present'.
>>>
>>> What's going on here ? Is my firewire port (both of them) dead ? Just
>>> like
>>> that ?
>>>
>>> If this is so, what can I do about it. Worst case scenario, could I
>>> use m
>>> external HD through USB ?
>>>
>>> I'm running 10.2.3
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> Miguel
>>>
>>
>> Try doing a programmers reset it worked for me.(keep programmers 
>> button
>> pressed while turning on cube until power light starts to flash then
>> let go)
>> OzzyR.C.Wells
>>
>>
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>
>
> I have tried this; if I press the programmers button the way you 
> mention, I
> don't get any flashing light; instead I get into the Open firmware 
> shell.
> The I rebooted and the situation remains the same... No firewire.
>
> Any other ideas folks ? Did someone mention some conflict with the 
> battery
> of the Cube ?
>
> Miguel
>

you need to keep both programmers button and power sensor pressed until 
it starts flashing. If i remember correctly the screen stays black 
until after you let go then the computer reboots.