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External drive issues

I was editing in FCP and the application crashed. Now my computer can't see my Lacie drive or any other firewire drive. The drives are fine they work on my macbook just fine. I swapped cables from 800 to 400 still nothing?

PowerMac, Mac OS X (10.5.8)

Posted on Sep 18, 2011 8:33 AM

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Posted on Sep 18, 2011 10:38 AM

Which exact model "powermac"?


Have you tried other ports?


Restarted the computer?


Tested other Firewire devices with your ports?


Used Disk Utility to verify the drive?


Reset PRAM?


[What to do if your computer won't recognize a FireWire or USB device|http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1317]


[abrody's Firewire Conundrums|Dealing with FireWire problems (drives not mounting, devices unrecognized, etc.)|http://reviews.cnet.com/8301-13727_7-10333969-263.html?tag=mfiredir] - Specific OSX version issues with specific drive versions.


[http://www.macmaps.com/firewirebug2.html]

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Sep 18, 2011 10:38 AM in response to producertony

Which exact model "powermac"?


Have you tried other ports?


Restarted the computer?


Tested other Firewire devices with your ports?


Used Disk Utility to verify the drive?


Reset PRAM?


[What to do if your computer won't recognize a FireWire or USB device|http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1317]


[abrody's Firewire Conundrums|Dealing with FireWire problems (drives not mounting, devices unrecognized, etc.)|http://reviews.cnet.com/8301-13727_7-10333969-263.html?tag=mfiredir] - Specific OSX version issues with specific drive versions.


[http://www.macmaps.com/firewirebug2.html]

External drive issues

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