FireWire drive likes G3s, hates G4s

[Mike Pickard]

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>Date: Thu, 3 Apr 2003 09:21:30 -0600
>From: Mike Pickard <mike at gerfnit.com>
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>My Madlogix external Firewire drive mounts fine on my G3 B&W at home 
>and an iBook at a local Apple Store.  But it doesn't show up at all 
>on my Powerbook G4 12" or the store's desktop G4.  The difference 
>seems to be the processor chip and/or the support chips in these 
>machines.  Every one was running OS X 10.2.3 or.4.
>
>Has anyone come across a Firewire drive whose bridge card is CPU 
>chip sensitive?
>
>Madlogix has disappeared from the Yahoo Mall or I'd ask them some 
>questions.  Anybody with a Madlogix drive having better luck?
>
>Thanks for your assistance.

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