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Feb 15, 2011 6:46 PM in response to PrincePoppyCockby eww,If you're sure the drive is being powered by the hub, it sounds as though you have a bad drive. -
Feb 19, 2011 12:15 PM in response to ewwby PrincePoppyCock,Problem solved. Drive is still good. I picked up a firewire enclosure and used that instead of the original usb enclosure. -
Feb 19, 2011 1:21 PM in response to PrincePoppyCockby romko23,While Firewire is by far the best for Intel and PowerPC macs, I also use USB and have no problems doing so.. but it does require a little messing with open firmware..
It appears the Pismo does not suffer from this problem, however. -
Feb 19, 2011 2:34 PM in response to PrincePoppyCockby eww,When an external drive "goes bad," it can be either the drive itself or the electronics in the enclosure at fault. Was this a Western Digital external drive? WD's external drive enclosures and the proprietary bridge chipsets in them are real junk. The drives inside are much better than their "packaging."
Many, if not most, Powerbook-G4-and-USB-drive combinations relying on bus power don't supply enough power to the drive. The result is that the drive appears to be powered, but it can't be used. I don't think that was your problem, or not your only problem, because plugging your drive into a powered hub didn't resolve it. So I suspect the bridge chipset in your enclosure failed.