[FW] Trouble with Firewire on External Enclosure with serial ata

[jeff chasick]

ok, that helps

if it is a 1394a device, then it should be an Oxford 911 chip

if it is a 1394b device, then it is either an Oxford 912 or 922 chip

download the following

http://fwdepot.com/firewiredepot/oxford922/922_updater_Mac.sit

the instructions for use can be found at

http://fwdepot.com/firewiredepot/firmware/firmware.html

-disconnect all firewire devices from your machine
-connect only the enclosure you are working with
-download and launch the utility

it will auto-sense the device connected and it should show you the 
firmware version installed on the chip

what is it?  v3.8 (older or newer)??




On Jan 4, 2005, at 12:34 PM, Larry Blodgett wrote:

> I see what you are saying.
>
> the system profile (can see the enclosure interface) says this 
> (getting to the chip is real problem)
> I guess it sees the partitioning I did in USB.  It looks like it might 
> mount. I tried running Disk Utility and it just
> scans and scans forever (had to force quit).
>
> using Mac OS 10.3.7
>
> OXFORD IDE Device LUN 0:
>
>   Capacity:	189.92 GB
>   Manufacturer:	Oxford Semiconductor Ltd.
>   Model:	OXFORD IDE Device LUN 0
>   Removable Media:	No
>   Detachable Drive:	Yes
>   BSD Name:	disk3
>   OS9 Drivers:	No
>   Speed:	400 Mb/sec Speed
>   Unit Spec Id:	24734
>   Firmware Revision:	
>   Unit Software Version:	10483
>
> sata190:
>
>   Capacity:	189.8 GB
>   Writable:	Yes
>   File System:	HFS+
>   BSD Name:	disk3s3
>   Mount Point:	
>
> On Jan 4, 2005, at 11:16 AM, jeff chasick wrote:
>
>> the SATA chip should be fine
>>
>> can you see the FireWire chip on the bridgeboard in the enclosure?
>>
>>  there might be a round sticker on it that you would need to peel 
>> back to see the very light print on the chip (and since it is a 
>> FireWire/USB combo, there might be 2 chips (one FireWire, one USB), 
>> unless it is a 1394b enclosure and then it might be using the Oxford 
>> 922 chip (which has support for 1xfirewire and 1xusb2 channel....
>>
>> if its 1394a, then it could be an Oxford chip (911), an Initio chip 
>> (1430), a TI chip, a Prolific chip, a Genesys chip.....
>
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