How to fix LaCie drives wake up issue 10.8.2 ?

Hello,

I searched but could not find a satisfactory solution yet.

I have lacie quadra d2 250GB (usb, FW400, 800) and another lacie quadra d2 1TB (usb, FW 400, 800, eSata).

I still use powerbook g4 1ghz (latest titanium) with both drives and NO problems at all.

now, I just bought retina MBP and the lacie 250GB does NOT wake up after going to sleep.

the screensaver triggers the external drive to sleep, even when I had unchecked "put the hard drive to sleep..."

now, i downloaded from lacie's site the firmware upgrader file, but it does not recognize my drive. There I cannot upgrade anything.

This issue is still present after 10.8.2 upgrade...

can anyone help me please?

all the posts I found either here or elsewhere via google, date back to 2-3 years.... and none are helpful...

thanks in advance....

MacBook Pro with Retina display, OS X Mountain Lion (10.8.1)

Posted on Sep 21, 2012 8:44 PM

17 replies

Sungyub Han Author

Level 4

1,072 points

Oct 23, 2014 7:36 PM in response to Sungyub Han

Today, I tried to connect my LaCie Drive 250GB FW400, 800, USB, eSata model.

It does not wake up. I tried USB, thunderbolt via FW800 adapter on my MB Pro Retina.

OS X 10.10....

And then tried on my Titanium 1Ghz (latest Ti model) via FW 400, and USB, and does not wake up....

I guess I have to declare this drive dead.....

Dr Mike

Level 1

119 points

Feb 3, 2015 9:50 AM in response to fabriciocontreras

I had the same problem trying to update the firmware of my d2 Quadra disk from two different computers running 10.9. I tried it again with an old black MacBook running 10.6 and the update worked the first time. So it would seem that the LaCie updater software is not compatible with 10.9 (and probably 10.8 based on the other posts here).

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How to fix LaCie drives wake up issue 10.8.2 ?