[Cube] Firewire Hang Ups

[Steve Goldstein]

Well, since you already started up with the Programmer's Button Held down (I think you mentioned that), I don't know of any more tricks that would work.  I had to turn in one of my Cubes several years ago because the Firewire ports were kaput and couldn't be fixed.  Apple gave me a new Qicksilver for it, as it was on AppleCare, and after about three or four returns and all kinds of fixes, including a new (actually, rebuilt) logic board, they still could not get it to work reliably--it kept freezing up.  Sadly, my other Cube is about to bite the dust, because it, too, keeps freezing up, ever more frequently.  I just ordered an iMac G5 to replace it.

--Steve

>Self-powered.
>On Jul 6, 2005, at 4:28 PM, Steve Goldstein wrote:
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>>Are these self-powered drives, or are you trying to draw power from the Firewire port itself?  Self-powered drives (those with their own power supply) should not be giving you those problems.
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>>--Steve
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>>At 7:29 AM -0400 7/6/05, S.L. wrote:
>>>I'm no tech guru, but I thought Firewire was pretty simple plug-and-go technology.  What is the secret to using external firewire drives with a Cube OSX 10.3?  Is there a weakness in the firewire hardware of the Cube?
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>Susan