Can't get 2 firewires to mount at the same time

i just bought 2 500 gb externals to set up a raid, and i can get either one to show individually, but not at the same time- either by daisy chaining or using separate ports. the second will even show up if the first is off when they are daisied. i don't know for sure that i've ever used 2 at once, but am fairly certain i have. the ports all work individually- both 400's and the 800. i tried 1 800 and 1 400 at the same time, and daisied with 800 main + 400 daisy and 800 main + 800 daisy, all to no avail. nothing wrong with the cables- i cross checked. it's flakey mounting and dismounting, too (for instance, stuff disappears once dismounted and won't reappear til i reboot, even if i restart the device).
i reformatted both drives to mac journalled. i searched and have followed the instructs to reset the firewire ports, repaired permissions (many times) zapped the pram, and shut down the comp for 15 mins, inc the power, without any other devices attached to troubleshoot each drive, all to no avail. one strange thing- even the 400 ports showed as 800's in the profiler. only one at a time will show there, as well- whatever is mounted (or the first i mount; the second doesn't show). i should note i had a drive go bad on the 800 port not once but twice in the past year, and assumed it was the drive (it was used), but now i'm wondering if the port's funky. do they go bad and how hard are they to replace?
i don't really want to have to reload my system- i have an awful lot of software loaded and am in the middle of a busy time, plus i suck at that. i'm getting ready to add a couple gigs of ram to speed things up, too. it should be here tomorrow. i'm a retoucher and work on big files that need backed up regularly, which is why i'd like to do the raid and just work off it. i'm not on tiger- have been waiting for leopard, and was so mad when they pushed it back, since it means i have to wait on cs3, too, which really hurts my business. but i'll be darned if i upgrade now and then have to pay again in 3 months. i wish they'd offer the upgrades at half price this close (or do like other co's do and upgrade for free within a reasonable amount of time- not 7 days). any advice i haven't tried? please?
G5 Mac OS X (10.3.9) dual 1.7 mh; 1GB ram; 2, 250's hard drive

ok- i will try to answer what i can, but bear with me- i'm really good at what i do, but this ain't it. some of what you asked i don't know where to find the answers to. to start, the drives are western digital my book pros, 500 gb each. they support firewire 400, 800 & usb. the old drive that failed twice was a lacie 500 gb, too (with the metal case- don't know the official name off the top). i have pro friends who have similar setups with no issues (and am seeking advice from them as well).
i have a 1.8 mh dual, but i do have 8 ram slots, and i wouldn't want to deal with a mac book pro. retouching just doesn't work well with laptops, and i don't travel so i'd have no need. when i'm ready to get a new system, i want an intel quad. hoping i can push that off a year or 2, with the ram additions and raid.
i'm not using pci fw800 card adapter. my friend says he thinks a hardware raid solution like the la cies that run off a SATA card would work better, but he was curious if i can do what i want with the PCI-X card and the drives i have (since i don't want to return them or spend huge amounts more of moolah). so, do you know if i did get one if it would make the raid work? or would a 400 card be better? i'm not a photog filling a tb with each job (which my other refs are) so i don't need the huge volume of space that they do. but i do work on some pretty big files at times, and it can add up quickly. i think a terabyte raid would hold me for quite a while- which is why i did the 2 500's.
when i unplugged the machine and left it down for 15 mins, i unplugged everything, inc power cord, except the mouse and monitor cable, per instructions i found through the apple site.
normally i don't care to be on the bleeding edge and wait a little while to get new software, but it seems like i've waited so long, and leopard has so many features i think would be great. my buds agrees with you that getting the stable os is the best bet, and that i'm being too cheap. i guess that's the next step then, huh?
here's what the profiler says in general: Machine Model: Power Mac G5
CPU Type: PowerPC 970 (2.2)
Number Of CPUs: 2
CPU Speed: 1.8 GHz
L2 Cache (per CPU): 512 KB
Memory: 1 GB
Bus Speed: 900 MHz
Boot ROM Version: 5.1.4f0
Serial Number: ********
and specifically about the firewire:
FireWire Bus:
Speed: 800 Mb/sec Speed
External HDD Device:
Capacity: 465.76 GB
Manufacturer: WD
Model: External HDD Device
Removable Media: No
Detachable Drive: Yes
BSD Name: disk2
OS9 Drivers: No
Speed: 800 Mb/sec Speed
Unit Spec Id: 12512
Firmware Revision: 107a
Unit Software Version: 484944
let me know if i answered what you wanted, and if there are more ?'s. i haven't had a chance to try both 400's at once yet since i'm mid-job that i can't close right now.
thanks so much for your advice.

Similar Messages

How can I get rid of multiple pictures at the same time?

how can I get rid of multiple pictures at the same time?

Adobe Bridge, lightroom and your file browser (windows explorer or Mac Finder) can select multiple pictures at once and then delete. If you are looking for more than that for information, you will need to be more specific at what your doing, what OS you have, and version of software your using. If necessary post screen shots so we can see what your doing. The more information we have the more detailed of an explaination can can give back to you.

I have an Ipad mini and an iphone 4. Can i get text messages on both at the same time?

I have an Ipad mini and an iphone 4. Can I get text messages to appear on both devices at the same time?

Yes if the messages are sent to an ID which is in the receive section of Settings > Messages > Send and Receive on both devices.

Can't get 2 monitors to work at the same time G4 533

Hello all,
I have a G4 533 Dual with the stock card in it I think it is a nvidia GeForce 2MX I have a 17 inch clear monitor It is the one that matched it new. I also have a old apple 17 inch display this is the old tan one with the colored apple on the front( I have an adapter to plug this one in). The video card has 2 ports and both monitors will work in their port but if I plug them both in at the same time the clear monitor goes out. If I plug it in first then add the older one the older one wont work. I have restarted and tried all different things the ports all work as do the monitors just not at the same time. I want to be able to see differnt things on both monitors. I also have a 733 with the same 2mx card so swaping them wont help. Can anyone tell me what I need. thanks.
Powermac G4 533 Dual Mac OS X (10.4.4)

Hi Sarkis,
I note that this is now the subject of another thread that you started - it's better to stick with one thread per subject otherwise there's "double handling" involved in answering your issue.
For what it's worth, the older (none core image) cards that will do extended desktop are:
Mac Radeon ATI 8500
Mac Radeon ATI 9000
Mac GeForce4 Ti
As a rule of thumb, a card with 64 mB or more will generally be able to do extended desktops.
If you want core image support, then any card later than the ATI Radeon 9600 will do, with the ATI 9800 probably being the card of choice.
This has been posted your other thread as well.
Cheers!
Karl

How can I get two cameras to aquire at the same time rather than one after the other

I've got (2) PCI-1428 cards, Two Uniq Vision cameras with power supplies, cameralink cables, and IMAQ-D6804 cables. Both cameras are being triggered by the same switch, but they are not grabbing images at the same time. Right now it is triggering one camera as desired, but the other doesn't aquire until after the time-sensitive event. On the next test, the two camera will trade these roles. I am using 2 cards, so they should acquire at the same time. How do I change it so that they grab images at the same time? Thank you for your help.
Deater

Hi Deater,
Thank you for your post. Triggering from two cameras at the same time may be a little trickey, but it can be done. There are multiple ways to tackle this problem. If you have a RTSI cable, you can RTSI the two PCI boards together internally to lock them in HW. You should also be able to use the triggering line on each board.
One of the best methods for triggering multiple boards is called GenLocking. The following Developer Zone page describes GenLocking more fully and has several examples to help you out: http://zone.ni.com/devzone/conceptd.nsf/webmain/a387b5c0ac6f6f4e86256c87005fcddf.
The "HL Grab with two boards.vi" shipping example is also a good example of the code needed to trigger two individual boards in LV. I found a similar post that may be of some help as well: http://forums.ni.com/ni/board/message?board.id=230&message.id=2691&requireLogin=False
Hope this helps!
Thanks,
Scott Savage
National Instruments
Applications Engineering
www.ni.com/support

Can't get my threads to run at the same time :-(

Hi,
I hope someone can help me. I have an two instances of an object that extends thread. In it's run method, there is a while loop that iterates while an int x (that starts at about 450) is not less than 0.
In the while loop there is an x--; statement.
Also inside the while loop is a call to yield();
Also is a call sleep(5);
Also in the while loop is a statement something like "System.out.println(x);"
The int controls the vertical position of an icon (a JLabel) on the screen.
In the class that has the main method, two instances of the thread object are created one after the other and run one after the other, although the program keeps running the first one until it has finished before running the second one!
For example, the code looks something like this:-
o1.run();
System.out.println("o1 running");
o2.run();
System.out.println("o2 running");
And the end printout (with the println call from the thread objects) looks like this:-
o1 running
450
449
448
3
2
1
o2 running
450
449
etc.
What's going on? Why won't it start running the second thread straight after the first one?
Any help appreciated!

class test extends Thread {
private int i = 0;
private String strMess = new String("");
public static void main (String[] args) {
 test t = new test("first");
 t = new test("second");
test(String strIn){
 this.strMess = strIn;
 this.start();
public void run(){
 while(i<5){
 System.out.println(this.strMess + i);
 try{this.sleep(200);}catch(Exception e){e.printStackTrace();}
 i++;
}output:
first0
second0
first1
second1
first2
second2
first3
second3
first4
second4
class test extends Thread {
private int i = 0;
private String strMess = new String("");
public static void main (String[] args) {
 test t = new test("first");
 t = new test("second");
test(String strIn){
 this.strMess = strIn;
 this.run();
public void run(){
 while(i<5){
 System.out.println(this.strMess + i);
 try{this.sleep(200);}catch(Exception e){e.printStackTrace();}
 i++;
}output:
first0
first1
first2
first3
first4
second0
second1
second2
second3
second4

Two new external FW drives won't mount at the same time

Hi
I've just purchased two 250Gb external FW hard drives for my eMac. I already have a 60Gb external FW hard drive.
I also purchased a 6-port Belkin FW hub to hook them all up.
I've been having problems getting the three drives to mount simultaneously.
Initially I thought the problem was with the hub, or the FW cables, but the cables are fine, and if I take the hub out of the equation, and just try to mount two drives using the eMac's two FW ports, I still have problems.
Either of the two new 250Gb drives will mount fine with the old 60Gb drive, but if I try to mount the two 250Gb drives simultaneously, only one will mount (which ever I plugged in first).
The only way to get both 250Gb drives mounted at the same time is to use FW for one and USB for the other (way too slow).
The 250Gb drives are Hitachi Deskstars in enclosures with the Oxford chipset.
I've searched the internet for answers, but haven't found much, except, maybe, for this comment:
'While this cannot solve all FireWire issues, I've spent a lot of time debugging multiple FireWire enclosures on the same computer. Apparently there is a unique hardware ID (similar to a MAC address in an Ethernet card) that some manufacturers are not making unique. Any time you have two or more drives with the same ID, you'll have problems.'
Any ideas?
Thank you.

FWIW, I've tried to mount both drives on a friend's iBook, and the problem remains the same: it's one drive, or the other - both drives will not mount simultaneously.
I updated to 10.3.9, but that hasn't fixed anything.
Any ideas?

How can I get my clock to remain on the correct time when starting bootcamp and windows XP? wireless option is not available.

How can I get my clock to remain on the correct time when starting bootcamp and windows XP? wireless option is not available.

Have a look at solutions in here https://discussions.apple.com/message/10689317#10689317
Regards
Stefan

I currently have aT-Mobile sim, and therefore, a UK telephone number. Can I get a sim from EE with the same number to use in my iphone 5?

I currently have aT-Mobile sim, and therefore, a UK telephone number. Can I get a sim from EE with the same number to use in my iphone 5?

The easiest way to find out what carrier it's locked to would be to call the store where you purchased the phone.
The phone can be unlocked from any location. However, most carrier have restrictions about unlocking and you have to contact them for details.

How can I get "IMAQ Line Fit" stable (with the same points)

How can I get "IMAQ Line Fit" stable (with the same points)
I my vision applications I use a lot off times "IMAQ Line Fit"
some times the results are not Stable.
See vi and word document attached.
When I take the same points but in a other order (sort)
then suddenly all points are used.
In this case I was looking for a edge in vertical direction (Y).
I found the points but "IMAQ Line Fit" did not function well.
I tried changing all settings like pixel radius and minimum score and
also threshold and so on. But no result.
Then I sorted the points reversed and that worked. See vi.
I use labview Labview 8.6.0 and IMAQ machine vision.
Maybe this problem is solved in a newer version.
Please let me know.
Thanks
Attachments:
TEST-imaq-line-fit-86.vi ‏169 KB
IMAQ-Fit-Line-Problem-86.doc ‏230 KB

Thank You for your reaction Hossein,
This "one application" uses "Line fit" about 20 000 000 times a day.
about 200 will go wrong. With your setting the the "Line fit" for this occasion will work but others will go wrong.
A algorithm should be:
1e Stable, when using the same points and settings the result MUST be the same. How the points are sorted should not matter.
2e Accuracy
3e Speed
4e Testing. Is very difficult but al least close points and the same points and sorting ... should be done
NI now as made a " IMAQ Line Fit" Problem CAR (Corrective Action request) 298016.
so in the future there will be a update.
In the mean while a made a line fit which uses Bisquare option from Linear Fit.vi :
from C:\Program Files\National Instruments\LabVIEW 8.6\vi.lib\analysis\6fits.llb
This is a temporary fix because "IMAQ Fit Line VI" is not so stable.
Because outliers should be rejected only Bisquare does this reasonable.
This program does NOT USE "Minimum Score" and "Pixel Radius"
Valid fit = When there are enough points within Outlier_Distance.
Algorithm steps:
- Determine if line is more horizontal then vertical, Compare DeltaX with DeltaY
- If DeltaX <= DeltaY then SWAP X Y and later Swap back
- Sort Points at on X value
- First : Bisquare Linear Fit
- Calculate distances to the found line for all points
- Inliers: Points within Outlier_distance
- Outliers: Points outside Outlier_Distance
- Only use Inlier Points
- Check again if DeltaX < DeltaY then SWAP X Y later SWAP back again
- Second : Bisquare Linear Fit only with the Inlier Points
- Results are from the second fit
Warning : This Program is Not so accurate and Not so fast
See attachments it is in labview 8.6
If some has a improvement please let me know.
Thanks
Attachments:
svi_fit_line_Bsquare_and_draw.vi ‏18 KB
Fit_Line_Bisquare_Linear.vi ‏40 KB

IP over Firewire and ethernet at the same time?

Is it possible to use both IP over Firewire and ethernet at the same time?
I want to use my TB hard drive attached to one Mac via Firewire 800 to backup another Mac also attached to the same drive via Firewire 800. I can only mount the drive on one machine at a time so I need to share it out to the other Mac. It works great if I set it up to do strait IP over Firewire, with static IPs, but that means I can't connect to the internet because my ethernet connection on both machines becomes the secondary connection method. Similarly, if ethernet is primary then I can't connect via Firewire. Is there a way to set it up so the Macs will know which method to use depending on the IP address?
I am using 10.5.1 on both machines.
G5, 1.8 GHz, 15.GB RAM
MBP, 2.4 GHz, 4GB RAM
Thanks!

Certainly.
In the network control panel I set Built-in FireWire to the top of the service order list, followed by Built-in Ethernet.
Next, I set Built-in FireWire to Configure Manually with the address 192.168.1.xxx and the Subnet Mask to 255.255.255.xxx, making sure the Subnet Mask is set the same on both machines and that the IP address is different on both machines and different from the Built-in Ethernet addresses.
I applied the settings, turned on Sharing on both machines, then mounted whatever shared drives I needed by connecting to the other machine using the FireWire IP address.
Now I am able to share drives using FireWire 800 - which works great when used with Time Machine - and still use my normal ethernet to surf, etc..

Can multiple PCs access one remote panel at the same time?

I've written a program in labview 7.1 to monitor/control a labview application running in the test cell through Remote Panel. I and my coworker can remotely monitor and/or control this labview application individually. But if my coworker has the remote panel displayed on his PC and I try to get the remote panel on my PC, I get a labview error (63) as below:
"LabVIEW: Serial port receive buffer overflow.
LabVIEW: The network connection was refused by the server."
My question is: Can multiple PCs access one remote panel at the same time?
Thanks in advance!
Y

Sorry I wasn't clear. The remote panel license is separate from the number of LabVIEW development licenses. Pricing information on remote panel licenses can be found here.

Can I be connected to two networks at the same time?

Hi there
I have an imac desktop with 10.5.8 running. I have a wireless network with my timecapsule and a printer connected to it. We have two mac computers in the house
that print wirelessly via this network. I also have the internet coming in via a wireless modem/wifi which both computers use to go online. The trouble is everytime I want to print from either computer I have to change back and forth from the internet/network to the timecapsule/printer network. This is really fumbly and I wind up having to restart all the time because the printer gets locked up. It's just a big hassle. Is there any way I can be on both of these networks at the same time or is there some other way I can configure this?
Thanks!

Is there any way I can be on both of these networks at the same time or is there some other way I can configure this?
Yes, you can reconfigure the Time Capsule (TC) to "Join a wireless network." In this case the wireless network would be the one created by the other wireless Internet router. In this configuration, the TC can still share its internal (and external) hard drive and a printer attached to the USB port. However, note that this would disable the TC as a router and an Ethernet switch so basically it will perform as a wireless client.

When i open my firefox browser i get alot of windows opening at the same time

when i open my firefox browser i get alot of windows opening at the same time , this just started a couple of days ago , it is really annoying how do i fix this problem? this is the website that attacks my browser ... http://hosting.adjug.com/AdJugSearch/Results.aspx?ivi=V5PU&aid=1591&slid=116515&CacheBuster=81841886
== This happened ==
Every time Firefox opened
== july 1st 2010

The site adjug.com is a hosting site for advertising. See: http://www.robtex.com/r/x?q=adjug.com
Check your home page settings to see if they are correct: http://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/How+to+set+the+home+page
You may have been infected by some malware.
'''Check for Malware'''
Install, update and run these programs in this order. They are all free for personal use, but some have limited functionality in the "free mode", but those are features you really don't need to find and remove the problem that you have. ('''Not all programs detect the same Malware.''')
Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware - http://www.malwarebytes.org/mbam.php
SuperAntispyware - http://www.superantispyware.com/
AdAware - http://www.lavasoftusa.com/software/adaware/
Spybot Search & Destroy - http://www.safer-networking.org/en/index.html
Windows Defender - http://www.microsoft.com/windows/products/winfamily/defender/default.mspx
Dr. Web Cureit - http://www.freedrweb.com/cureit/
If these don't find it or can't clear it, post in one of these forums for specialized malware removal help:
http://bleepingcomputer.com
http://www.spywareinfoforum.com/
http://www.spywarewarrior.com/index.php
http://forum.aumha.org/
'''''Other Issues''''': ~~red:You have installed plug-ins with known security issues. You should update them immediately.~~
'''You''' ~~red:'''MAY'''~~ '''need to Update Adobe Reader for Firefox (aka Adobe PDF Plug-In For Firefox)''': your ver. N/A; current ver. 9.3.3 (important security update release 06-29-2010; see: http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb10-15.html)
~~red:Check your version here~~: http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/plugincheck/
See: http://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/Using+the+Adobe+Reader+plugin+with+Firefox#Installing_and_updating_Adobe_Reader
''You may be able to update from the Adobe Reader installed on your system'' instead of going to the Adobe site and downloading. Start > Program Files, find and click Adobe Reader to open, click Help, click Check for Updates.
''If you go to the Adobe site to download the current Adobe Reader:''
-'''use Firefox to download''' and '''SAVE to your hard drive''' (save to Desktop for easy access)
~~red:-See the images at the bottom left of this post to see the steps to take on the Adobe site~~
-exit Firefox (File > Exit)
-check to see that Firefox is completely closed (''Ctrl+Alt+Del, choose Task Manager, click Processes tab, if "firefox.exe" is on the list, right-click "firefox.exe" and choose End process, close the Task Manager window'')
-double-click on the Adobe Reader installer you just downloaded to install/update Adobe Reader
*'''NOTE: On Vista and Windows 7''' you may need to run the plugin installer as Administrator by starting the installer via the right-click context menu if you do not get an UAC prompt to ask for permission to continue (i.e nothing seems to happen). See this: http://vistasupport.mvps.org/run_as_administrator.htm
*'''NOTE for IE:''' Firefox and most other browsers use a Plugin. IE uses an ActiveX version. To install/update the IE ActiveX version, same instructions as above, except use IE to download the ActiveX installer.
*Also see: http://kb.mozillazine.org/Adobe_Reader ~~red:'''''AND'''''~~ [[How do I edit options to add Adobe to the list of allowed sites]]

"you can not use multiple instance of Program at the same time"

Hello @ all,
I have a Problem, after the installing from Acrobat Testversion and acrobat reader in version in "all Combination" 8 an 9.
I get this misstake information "you can not use multiple instance of Program at the same time" if I want open more then 1 .pdf.
If I have no pdf open, but acrobat/reader so i can´t open with the same Misstake.
I have deinstalled and installed, Allways I bekame the same information. I tryed all things to clean and know i don`t know forward.
Important: by Drag an Drop in the Acrobat Reader it is going, but by direct click on the pdf i get mistake.
Maybe, you know what I can do!
Thanks for help!

Installation of both Acrobat and Reader in the same Windows machine is not advisable. If I were you, I would remove both completely and then reinstall the one you want to keep.

Can't get 2 firewires to mount at the same time

Similar Messages

Maybe you are looking for