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

[Larry Blodgett]

Yes, I saw that note and concluded that I have a G4 (not a G5) and I 
may get away with it.  My drive is actually less than 200G.  The OS 
issue I was hoping to slide by.

Looks like I concluded wrong.

Should I try the update?

Larry
On Jan 4, 2005, at 12:48 PM, Art McGee wrote:

>> The new enclosure (Addonics Model AE5SACSUF) with the
>> Addonics SATA to IDE adapter works fine on USB2 but does
>> not work at all on the Firewire port. Hook up to firewire,
>> Disk Utility sees the entire drive (~200 G) but when you
>> erase or partition the process hangs.
>
> The enclosure uses an Oxford 911 bridge (Firewire 400):
>
> http://www.addonics.com/products/enclosures/ae5idecsu2f.asp
>
> Note this comment on the manufacturer's web site:
>
> "For Mac OS only, there are a few reports of incompatibility
> with the Firewire connection on G5 and PowerBook running Mac
> OS 10.2 using SATA hard drive larger than 200G. The latest
> Mac OS 10.3.6 is not supported at this time."
>
> That's not good news. If they can't provide a fix I suggest
> you get a refund.
>
>
> Art
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