I've been using a Firewire external backup for a couple of years, worked fine. I unplugged the Firewire cord (drive was off) to use it to Target Disk another computer to mine for a day. Now my computer won't recognize the backup drive. It seems to work, it has a light when it's on. Can't hear it spin up, but I never could hear it. Would a PRAM reset help?
G4 Quicksilver, Mac OS X (10.4.11), 933 gz
Forgot to say, I have a Quicksilver 2002 running Tiger.
Might try this...
reset FW bus, same goes for USB reset...
Reset the Firewire bus
If your Firewire or USB isn't recognizing any device. A solution which has worked for some whose hard drive became invisible in 10.4 was simply to follow these four steps to reset the Firewire/USB bus:
1. Shut the machine down.
2. UNPLUG the power lead to the computer and any firewire/USB drive.
3. leave it for 10 minutes.
4. Connect back up and reboot.
I'll try that when I get home, thanks, BD. Will let you know how it works out.
Well, my face is red. Found out the power cord had gotten disconnected at the outlet end.
All is working, but I'll sure keep the advice handy in case something else goes wrong.
Well, good to hear it wasn't serious, good luck! 🙂
I have had to use this method recently to get some external FW400 drives working again with my MDD.
USB and FireWire Quick Assist
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1151?viewlocale=en_US
What to do if your computer won't recognize a FireWire device
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=88338
Dealing with FireWire problems (drives not mounting, devices unrecognized, etc.)
http://www.macfixit.com/article.php?story=20041221081432908
Cheers, Tom 😉
Thanks, guys, for all your help. I'll keep all this info in case I run into real trouble, not caused by my own stupidity. :>
Working Firewire drive no longer recognized?
