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

[jeff chasick]

there are no known problems with the 911 chip - there were problems 
with the  922 chip and this was related to a problem with the Apple 
firewire driver and an Oxford update was issued not long after 10.3.6 
was released

yes, some people have reported problems, but none are verifiable and 
Oxford was not able to reproduce any errors in their labs

Oxford has issued an update to fix the problem in 10.3.6, which Apple 
finally fixed in 10.3.7

10.3.7 has a better firewire driver that fixes 99.9% of the problems 
that people encountered in 10.3.6 and no firmware patch is required if 
using 10.3.7



On Jan 4, 2005, at 2:07 PM, Art McGee wrote:

>> you should also check fwdepot.com for information
>
> Yes, I just realized that this could also be related to the
> recent problems many folks have had with Firewire devices
> and Mac OS 10.3.6 and 10.3.7. Upgrading the Oxford bridge
> firmware on your enclosure may solve the problem.
>
> However, there is a serious mistake on the fwdepot.com
> web site. They state that there are no known problems with
> Oxford 911 chisets (Firewire 400) and Mac OS X, and that the
> only problems are with Oxford 922 chipsets (Firewire 800).
> That is a mistake. There are numerous verified reports that
> the problems are with both 911 and 922 chipsets, so ignore
> that particular comment you might see on some web sites.
>
> In any event, make sure you get the firmware update for the
> Oxford 911 bridge/chipset. Your enclosure is a Firewire 400
> (Oxford 911) and not a Firewire 800 (Oxford 922).
>
>
> Art
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