FCP Mc Braniacs challenge

Okay, here we go...

My stats are as follows... G4 1.5 GB SDRAM
dual 1Ghz 2MB L3 cache per pross.
Iam using the current Tiger software.

The project....our wedding video edited for a family christmas present.
here's the situation.
I currently have 20 GB's on my Mac Hd.
I have 9 GB's on my 2nd HD - scrach disk.

I've been working on ther Wed vid. everything's great, then all of a sudden, the DREADED spinning beach ball. I rebooted and NO 2nd HD.

i did the disk REPAIR, thhe delete pref.'s ect. and the 2nd HD came back i openup FCP 4.5 adn the spinning beach ball is back more than ever. It won't leave, i shut downa dn no more 2nd HD which is where my wedding Video is at. I'm loving my PC so much right now. HELP, xmas is right around the corner.
thanks
J

g4, Mac OS X (10.3)

Posted on Dec 16, 2006 9:09 PM

22 replies

aquaman Author

Level 2

229 points

Dec 17, 2006 11:40 AM in response to aquaman

Also, when i turned on my mac this morning my 2nd HD was back on my desktop. appreciate all you help.

aquaman Author

Level 2

229 points

Dec 17, 2006 2:50 PM in response to Brian Conner

Okay, my MAc froze up again and now my 2nd HD is gone nad wont mount. I used Disk Warrior on my Main HD drive and in the end my 2nd HD is still gone. HELP! where in the hello is my 2nd HD with all my wedding footage. this stinks. I would like to use Disk Warrior on that HD but i can't find the dang thing. help. please. any ideas?
J

Dec 17, 2006 4:04 PM in response to Brian Conner

Was the second HD attached to your Macintosh after it was formatted on your PC?

If so, hook it back up to the PC and see what happens.

bogiesan

Dec 17, 2006 5:08 PM in response to aquaman

OK, no guarantees, but here's a suggestion. Your statement, "when i turned on my mac this morning my 2nd HD was back on my desktop." is a hint that perhaps your problem is heat induced. If you leave the computer off long enough to cool down, you may have your 2nd HD for a little while untl the connections or internal boards heat up enough to cause the fault. Try shutting down the computer and leaving it off long enough to completely cool down. Then, with a plan for which files you need to rescue from disk 2, boot up again and if you have your 2nd disk again, IMMEDIATELY copy the important files to another disk before the machine heats up and you have a thermal fault again. You may only have a couple of minutes of disk use.

Good luck.
- Tom

aquaman Author

Level 2

229 points

Dec 18, 2006 7:22 PM in response to Thomas Kranz1

Thank you Thomas, Common sense is obviosuly the key.

My MAC is still acting funky, but at least i can finish my Wedding vid for Christmas. Thank you. Heat, the movie i was in, caused it. that's funny. Happy Holidays and Create a great new year.
J

Filman7

Level 2

205 points

Dec 18, 2006 8:14 PM in response to aquaman

I had this same exact issue with my external FW drive. It may be too late to ask this, but is the drive formatted to FAT or Mac OS Extended?

aquaman Author

Level 2

229 points

Dec 19, 2006 8:09 PM in response to Filman7

I've never used an external drive on my PC only on mac. it was the heat and the space in my HD. Thanks thomas you win the prize. adn i didn't need Disk warrior, so i'm out a hundred bucks. i'm sure it might come in handy eventually, but it's heat and space. thanks anyway. Happy holidays.

J

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