Fwd: [1394] Re: cooldrives.com FW HD enclosure fails on G4

[rjn]

>
>
> How does one "flash the chip". I have a similar problem with a case 
> which was sold as supporting 200gig drives but first it would freeze 
> my entire system most of the time. I did get it to mount twice 
> somewhere in there and ever since it just does notthing.
>
> Ron
>
> On Friday, December 12, 2003, at 05:23 PM, jeff chasick wrote:
>
>> Apparently cooldrives.com is a total rip off and I wouldn¹t be 
>> surprised to
>> see some lawsuits starting against them..
>>
>> Unless they are using totally inferior parts, there is no reason why a
>> firewire bridgeboard would not work on a mac, windows or linux system
>>
>> Do you know what type of chip is used in the enclosure?
>>
>> Depending on the chip being used, it is possible that you can flash 
>> the
>> board (if it is an oxford or initio chip)
>>
>>
>>>
>>> I purchased a firewire HD enclosure with removable tray from a
>>> place called cooldrives.com. The following email that I sent to
>>> their support explains my problem:
>>>
>>> -------------------------------
>>> Product: removable tray IEEE-1394 firewire Oxford 911 enclosure for 
>>> PC and Mac
>>> users!
>>> http://www.cooldrives.com/retriefiox91.html
>>>
>>> Problem: works on Windows machines but not on Mac.
>>>
>>> On two Macs, a G4-733 and a G4 dual 533, plugging in the above drive 
>>> (with
>>> an existing Mac HD), results in no mounting. This is the case with 
>>> either OS
>>> 9.1
>>> or OS 10.3.1. On both machines, other firewire devices including 
>>> other
>>> firewire drives work fine.
>>>
>>> On OS X, choosing about the Mac followed by the More Info...
>>> button and then selecting firewire from the list first lists the
>>> Firewire Bus under Device Tree but after plugging in the drive
>>> and doing a refresh, the profile says No devices found.
>>>
>>> Since I (mistakenly) ordered two enclosures, I tested both with
>>> the same results.
>>>
>>>
>>> **
>>>
>>> Also, On Win2K or WinXP, I have to physically disconnect the cable to
>>> unmount the drive so that another tray can be recognized. I would 
>>> have
>>> expected turning the key to off would have done this.
>>> -------------------------------
>>>
>>> It has been more than a week and I a haven't heard a beep from them
>>> and, frankly, suspect I never will.
>>>
>>> I did a bit more testing and found the drive works on a 17" iMac but 
>>> not
>>> on another G4 we have. So somehow this drive just doesn't work on
>>> G4s.
>>>
>>> Anybody know why or if there is a fix?
>>>
>>> Can anyone recommend a similar enclosure where different IDE drives
>>> can be easily swapped in and out?
>>>
>>>
>>> Larry Hutchinson
>>> WaveMetrics
>>>
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>>
>>
>> ----------
>> MacFireWireTalk list, a listserv for discussion of FireWire on 
>> Macintosh.
>> FAQ at <http://www.themacintoshguy.com/lists/FireWireFAQ.shtml>.
>>
>> ADS Tech.| PYRO Drive Kit: convert your drive to firewire!
>> Dr. Bott | Now $169.00 <http://www.drbott.com/prod/ADS.html>
>>
>>    Cyberian   | Support this list when you buy at Outpost.com!
>>    Outpost    |         http://www.themacintoshguy.com/outpost.shtml
>>
>> FireWire | 2.5" and 3.5" FireWire hard disk enclosures
>>  Depot   | starting at $95!!  <http://www.fwdepot.com>