[1394] Re: FireWire drive likes G3s, hates G4s

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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.


Do you know what chip is being used on the bridgeboard in the enclosure?

Unless there was some really bad firmware placed on the bridgeboard, there
should not be any cpu sensitivity or OS sensitivity or any type of
sensitivity other than possibly the capacity of the drive it can support....