[X4U] External drives

[Michael J. Amato]

I've had this problem from the gitgo. I have a Smartdisk model #JH3312. On
your advice I checked their website and found no firmware updates. Couldn't
even find the model anywhere. Been unable to start from the external hd.
Don't suppose there's any workaround?
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Mike Amato

mailto:cantab at comcast.net




On 10/6/04 3:17 PM, "Paul Moortgat" <paul.moortgat at pandora.be> wrote:

> In the English MacFormat magazine is the next text about external FW
> drives:
> 
> Since upgrading to Panther, my Firewire drive keeps losing files.  Why?
> 
> Solution: This problem occurs if your drive is left connected to the
> Mac when you shut down or restart.  Apple changed the firewire drivers
> for 10.3, which required a corresponding update in the drive firmware
> from certain manufacturers.  It only affects external Firewire drives
> that use the Oxford 922 bridge chipset with v1.02 of the firmware.
> This includes drives from Century Global, EZ Quest, Firewire Depot,
> Firewire Direct, Glyph, Granite Digital, LaCie, MacAlly, MacPower,
> Otherworld Computing, SmartDisk, Trans Intl and Wiebe Tech.  If your