9131 Error, Lacie Triple interface FW 800

[Sevitzky]

I'm a bit of a newbie here, so sorry if I haven't found all the relevant threads.

My system stats are:
PowerBook G4
1.5 GHz PowerPC
2 GB DDR SDRAM
OS X v 10.4.11

Mbox 2 Mini
Pro Tools LE 7.1

LaCie Triple Interface
7200 RPM, <10ms access

I've got a 160 GB Lacie (Triple Interface) hard drive. It's about three years old. It has a Windows partition, a Mac Partition, and a 10 GB Mac OS Extended (Journaled) NOT case sensitive partition.

I'm getting the 9131 on this disk, using FW 800. Drive is enabled for recording in workspace window.

I've been through the troubleshooting guide here, and searched and read through many 9131 posts. It seems Partitioning, and Disk Utility re-formatting are the fixes, but I've done both w/o avail. There doesn't seems to be a specific consensus on what causes this problem.

I'm pretty sure the Lacie is w/in spec for RPM and access time. I don't know what chipset is used, because it's about 3 years old, now. But the drive has to be good. It's not been used much.

Any tips?


PS, My MBox 2 Mini shows up as an Mbox 2 in Setup>I/O. Is that normal?



Thanks, all.