[FW] An Issue for consideration

[jchasick]

If it is an old Oxford 900, then you are probably out of luck in terms 
of new firmware since that chip has not been made in a long long time

If it is an Oxford 911, then you can upgrade the firmware from an older 
version

you can look at the chip (hopefully) in the enclosure on the 
bridgeboard - it should have the Oxford logo and the chip number of it 
- it should be the largest chip on the board

FireWire Depot has a page that contains all the latest firmware files 
and utilities for Oxford and Initio chips - the link is 
http://fwdepot.com/firewiredepot/firmware/firmware.html

there are various versions of firmware for Mac OS 10.x and for Windows 
(the Oxford utility contains the firmware files for ALL the Oxford 
chips (900, 911, 922, 912) - the page has fairly detailed instructions 
for using the Oxford utility

On Dec 13, 2004, at 7:50 PM, Eugene Gierson wrote:

> If it is an Oxford 911 chip does it need to be flashed?
> What - if it is an Oxford chip, but not a 911 Oxford?
>
>
> Johns Mailbox wrote:
>> Any quick way to ID it? I know it is an Oxford Chip, but do not see 
>> anything on the manual pertaining to it.
>> Can it be flashed from a PC? And where can I obtain a firmware flash?
>> TIA
>
>
>>> On Dec 13, 2004, jchasick wrote:
>>> ...what type of chip is used on the bridgeboard?
>>> Oxford 911, Initio 1430 (1394a)
>>> if it is an Initio 1430, you will need to reflash the firmware to 
>>> update for a problem with 10.3.6, but you need to perform the update 
>>> on a non-10.3.6 machine
>
>
>>> On Dec 13, 2004, Johns Mailbox wrote:
>>>> I have just recently begun to have some problems with my firewire 
>>>> drive system I have one of the dual drive housing systems, and most 
>>>> of the time, it runs great.
>>>> Lately though, every so often, I get a notice, that the item has 
>>>> been removed without following the normal procedure, and then the 
>>>> drives disappear.
>>>> This has happened more often. Once it happened recently, the drive 
>>>> would show up in Disk Utilities, but not mount.
>>>> Finally, I repartitioned it, and it now sows up again.
>>>> Ideas? Similar experiences?
>>>  G4 1.25, 2 GB Ram, X.3.6
>>>  Firewire 400 with a 200 gig and 80 gig drive in a dual housing.
>>>> Thanks,       John
>>>> __
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