[1394] Re: the Firewire ports have a problem

[John Wilson]

You can't type "reboot" out of OF. As soon as you press return it restarts. I believe you're thinking of rebooting after running something in single user mode in OS X, such as fsck -y. John
 
On Tuesday, September 09, 2003, at 03:33PM, Greg Hydle <ghydle at mac.com> wrote:

>don't forget to type "reboot" to exit out of open Firmware!
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>On Tuesday, September 9, 2003, at 01:11 PM, support at fwdepot wrote:
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>> One of a few things could be happening:
>>
>> 1) ports fried
>> 2) ports need to be reset
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>> If you are using OS X, boot into open firmware
>>
>> Reboot your machine and hold down CMD-Option-O-F
>> When you reach the firmware screen, type
>> Reset-all
>> And press return
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>> See if the ports are working again (hopefully).....
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>> http://fwdepot.com
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>>> I Have a PowerMacintosh G4 733Mhz. Two weeks ago I found that the
>>> firewire ports didn't respond when I connected an external DVD drive 
>>> or
>>> and iPod
>>>
>>> I don't know what is happening?
>>>
>>> thanks
>>>
>>>
>>> Armando Higuera
>>>
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>MacFireWireTalk list, a listserv for discussion of FireWire on Macintosh.
>FAQ at <http://www.themacintoshguy.com/lists/FireWireFAQ.shtml>.
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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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>   Cyberian   | Support this list when you buy at Outpost.com!
>   Outpost    |         http://www.themacintoshguy.com/outpost.shtml
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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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