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

Fri Dec 12 18:55:09 PST 2003

Sorry for my ignorance with this. I have a QS dual 1 gig running 
10.2.8. Would flashing it help anything?
Ron

On Friday, December 12, 2003, at 06:52 PM, support wrote:

> You are not flashing the device, you are flashing the board, so you 
> need to
> have the single board connected to the firewire port
>
>> Wouldn't you have to be able to mount the drive in order to flash it?
>>
>>
>> On Friday, December 12, 2003, at 06:47 PM, support wrote:
>>
>>> The pioneer drive may have a non standard signature and you would 
>>> need
>>> to
>>> change that in the firmware on the 911 chip using one of the oxford
>>> firmware
>>> utilities that can be found on various websites
>>>
>>> There is a modify configuration button, and then advanced options
>>>
>>> One of the options is turning on/off the ability to recognized 
>>> devices
>>> with
>>> non standard signatures
>>>
>>>
>>>> I am using an ADS Pyro 1394 Drive Kit with a Superdrive installed in
>>>> it and
>>>> my Power Mac G4 (Quicksilver) is having no problems.
>>>>
>>>> Pat Chefalo
>>>> pachef at frontiernet.net
>>>>
>>>>> From: Larry Hutchinson <larryh at wavemetrics.com>
>>>>> Reply-To: "Macintosh FireWire List"
>>>>> <FireWire at lists.themacintoshguy.com>
>>>>> Date: Fri, 12 Dec 2003 16:49:06 -0800
>>>>> To: "Macintosh FireWire List" <FireWire at lists.themacintoshguy.com>
>>>>> Subject: [1394] cooldrives.com FW HD enclosure fails on G4
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> 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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>>>>>
>>>>> ADS Tech.| PYRO Drive Kit: convert your drive to firewire!
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>>>>>
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>>>>>
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>>>>>
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>>>>
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>>>> Dr. Bott | Now $169.00 <http://www.drbott.com/prod/ADS.html>
>>>>
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>>>>
>>>
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>>>
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>>>
>>
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>> ADS Tech.| PYRO Drive Kit: convert your drive to firewire!
>> Dr. Bott | Now $169.00 <http://www.drbott.com/prod/ADS.html>
>>
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>>
>> FireWire | 2.5" and 3.5" FireWire hard disk enclosures
>> Depot   | starting at $95!!  <http://www.fwdepot.com>
>>
>>
>
>
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> 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>
>
>