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Old 05-20-2010, 08:51 AM
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Default PCIe Firewire card W/Expansion Chassis?

The firewire on my old trusty Quad G5 died. Tried several software fixes (zapping the p-ram, reset-nvram, reset-all in open firmware) but to no avail.

Has anyone used a PCIe firewire card successfully? I've got a Digi PCIe to PCIe expansion chassis (HD6) attached the first PCIe slot. If I put a PCIe firewire card in the second PCIe slot will this work, or am I asking for trouble?
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Old 05-20-2010, 09:30 AM
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Default Re: PCIe Firewire card W/Expansion Chassis?

shouldnt be a problem, I run a mac pro with exp chassis and an additional siig firewire card..


dont know the model but I have the digi... ahem, AVID, approved one, its made by SIIG
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Old 05-24-2010, 10:10 PM
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Default Re: PCIe Firewire card W/Expansion Chassis?

Thanks for the info. Got the SIIG 2X FW800 1XFW400 PCIe card. Seems to work fine in the slot after my Digi expansion chassis.

(Still can't figure out why my Quad G5 firewire ports are down. System profiler says there is an "unknown" device on the FW 800 port, with nothing plugged into it...)
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Old 05-24-2010, 10:15 PM
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Before you give up Ryan, try rebooting your G5 in Firewire Target Mode.

ie Shut down the G5, connect it to an already booted mac with a firewire 400 cable, then power up while keeping the 'T' key held down on the G5.

This can sometimes re-awaken a seemingly dead port.
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Old 05-25-2010, 05:02 AM
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Before you give up Ryan, try rebooting your G5 in Firewire Target Mode.

ie Shut down the G5, connect it to an already booted mac with a firewire 400 cable, then power up while keeping the 'T' key held down on the G5.

This can sometimes re-awaken a seemingly dead port.
Thanks for this Tweakhead.

I passed it on to a friend and it revived his dead firewire on his G5.
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Thanks for the info. Got the SIIG 2X FW800 1XFW400 PCIe card. Seems to work fine in the slot after my Digi expansion chassis.

(Still can't figure out why my Quad G5 firewire ports are down. System profiler says there is an "unknown" device on the FW 800 port, with nothing plugged into it...)
hot swapping can take it down

sometimes.

don't believe hot swapping can't take you down.

an intern killed mine (800 port) on my G5 dual 2.7) when plugging his work drive in my system.

i now have a 3 port PCI card installed from Other World Computing

a $20 fix.

if you need a good deal on a mother board repair....

www.dttservice.com
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