[X4U] Macs which support "target disk mode"

[Michael W. Sumbera]

Even if the FW ports are fried, the system should still go into target  
disk mode.  Without being connected to any external devices, if you  
boot it holding down T, the FW symbol should appear on the display as  
it goes through it's disk mode functions.

On Jan 23, 2008, at 7:01 AM, Jim Robertson wrote:

> On 1/22/08 6:01 PM, "Terence Cozad" <tcozad at covad.net> wrote:
>
>> If it still does not work I would suspect hardware or a bad  
>> firewire port
>> perhaps. Try the other port. I know the old Blue and White G3 could  
>> not boot
>> this way from the firewire port (I had one) but all towers since then
>> should.
>> Just my 2 cent but hope you get it figured out.
>> Terry
>
> NO offer of help is ever considered flip :-)
>
> We did fry the ethernet port on the mirrored doors  G4 a few years  
> ago, but
> solved that by putting in a PCI ethernet card. Perhaps the FW ports
> themselves ARE gone. I guess I could test that by hooking up one of my
> digital camera cardreaders that communicates over FW and see if the  
> mirrored
> doors computer can recognize them.
>
> Jim Robertson