onboard firewire kexts

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onboard firewire kexts

Hi ,

This thread refers back to a recent post called "onboard firewire fired." I accepted as the correct answer Japamacs input and references to solving the problem by trashing the Apple IO kexts in that link. Unfortunately, that caused my Sonnet Tango 800/USB Combo PCI Express card to lose its firewire drivers(though not its USB). Apparently, Sonnet is piggybacking on one more more of the apple IO kexts. So I will reopen the question for discussion. Does anyone have any idea as to which are the most likely kexts to bring the Sonnet card back online though I would still like to disable the onboard thrashing the kernel keep going through looking for a dead component? I am also posting a similar question to Sonnet support and, if they reply definitively, I will update this myself.

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PowerMac, Mac OS X (10.5.5)

Posted on Jul 11, 2012 8:49 PM

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Jul 11, 2012 10:38 PM in response to Pheidius1

Hi,

An update,here: I just restored all the kexts I moved back into the extension folder amnd now the Sonnet card is working again. It is definitly using some of the apple kexts as it installs on Pwermac G5 with no driver CD or download driver from Sonnet's website. So I am back to a working card but still have slow boots and periodic thrashing in the sys logs as it keeps searching for the dead onboard hardware again.

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