[CUBE] dead FW?

[Riba]

> I lost my FW port on a Cube that, eventually, Apple had to take back  
> because they could no longer fix it after MANY attempts.  They gave me  
> the newest Quicksilver at the time as a replacement, but my wife still  
> uses my other Cube (one of the very first made) which never gave me  
> any trouble.  Sad fact is that your FW port(s) can die, and I think  
> that the entire logic board might have to be replaced to fix it.   
> Problem is that I am not aware of ANY new replacement parts on the  
> market, and you would probably get a re-manufactured board.  In my  
> experience with my bad Cube, remanufactured parts bring yet new sets  
> of problems.  But, you might get lucky.

It is possible to repair blown firewire ports although it takes some  
skill and determination. Details here:
http://www.cubeowner.com/forums// 
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