Re: Dead Firewire ports
Hi!
This is crazy, since I had the exact same thing happen to me yesterday. I have a brand new (week old) Dual 1Ghz model (MDD) that still runs OS9, and the firewire ports died on me as well. In my case, both of them don't work anymore..I don't know what caused it; I have an older G4-400 which I used for years with the same drives with no problem.
I really needed to get some work done so I screwed the HD's out of their FW case and into the mac (they're IDE ATA drives anyway).
It is really unfortunate since I don't have time to send the machine back for repair, eventhough it is still under warranty. I'm considering getting a PCI firewire card instead.
Could it be a design flaw in the latest machines?
Cheerio,
Joris
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