Firewire Woes

[Markk]

I have freezing problems with my new G5 Dual 2.0 when any firewire drive is connected. I recently had the logic board replaced but it does not help the situation. Anyone else have this problem.

I tried re-formatting all drives, updating their firmware, etc. They work fine on all other macs.

Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated

Pro Tools 6.4
HD 3
Mac Dual 2.0 Ghz
1.5 megs ram

[studiojimi]

i'm completely baffled by firewire since i starated panther

i just purchased 3 new enclosures and some new western digitals but i must say i wish i had a better feeling about PTHD in X with firewire

i miss being able to use it on sessions but right now i can't trust firewire

[Markk]

Jimi,

Thank you so much for responding. What do you do? Right now I am running sessions off of an internal 10K SATA drive. But I do a lot of projects where people bring me their firewire drives. I don't want to have to copy all the files over and then back again. What is your solution?

Mark

[auxsend1]

What OS version are you using? Maybe try the latest if you're not already there.

Are you using FW800? Just FW400? Problems on the front FW port as well?

Just trying to narrow it down.

[Markk]

FW 400. It works better on the front port than the rear port. Latest OS. Repaired all disk permissions. All firmware updated, all disks re-formatted with Disk Utility. All input really appreciated.

[Vaphoron]

I have 3 FW400 enclosures and I had lots of luck with them on 10.2 but with 10.3 I can never be sure what to expect. They won't always mount and will completely freeze my G4 sometimes. I have had the same problems with OSX 10.3 all up through 10.3.4. I had the most problems with the first version of 10.3 but the problems are still there occasionally although they have gotten better because I couldn't get them to mount for a long time. One big problem I have is chaining the drives together. I can almost never get that to work so I can only use 2 drives with each connected directly to the G4.

[Markk]

Wow - you have EXACTLY the same problem I have, even in two ports I get freezes, though- I do suspect this is a Panther issue now. Well, I can stop complaining to my mac tech. It does not seem to be an internal hardware issue.

[Vaphoron]

The weird thing is my Powerbook G4 used to have the problem worse than my Powermac G4 but now it seems the Powerbook G4 works almost every time and has become fairly reliable with one drive. I'm curious what enclosures you are using as that may have something to do with the problems we are having. All 3 of my enclosures are ADS Tech and the oldest of the 3 works the best and the 2 newer ones are the giving me the most trouble. I suspect that there are certain enclosures that are causing more problems than others.

[auxsend1]

I tried re-formatting all drives, updating their firmware, etc. They work fine on all other macs.

Markk:
Even other G5s running Panther??

[Markk]

Great question. No - I have not tried them on other G5's with Pro Tools. I will have to look for one. Glyph and Lacie Drive enclosures.