Feedback on LaCie 750 GB d2 Quadra Hard drive please

I would appreciate hearing from anyone who is using the Lacie 750 GB d2 Quadra Hard drive with their G5, either via Firewire 800 or an eSATA card. Is the fan/drive quiet? Which interface do you use? Any problems? Thanks!

This was the dialogue with LaCie support. The names have been changed to protect the innocent (and me).
Posted: 01 November 2007 @ 00:00
maclover Hi. The Scenario: Power switched-on to the Quadra - disc not spinning; tried and tested 'bootable' OS X 10.4.10 installed on a volume of the Quadra and selected in System Preferences > Startup Disc. Quadra connected to G5 by included FW800 cable.
Startup the G5 - Quadra does nothing - G5 defaults to internal boot drive and boots; finally, at about the grey Apple, the Quadra spins up - somewhat too late, unfortunately.
Auto/On/Off switch has no effect in either On or Auto (probably not intended for Macs).
A Restart with the Quadra disc already spinning works ok.
The other, triple-interface d2 here manages to spin up on what I assume is the first poll of the interfaces by the firmware, just after the Startup bong, and the G5 boots fine from a system selected in System Preferences > Startup Disc.
So, has something been changed? Is there a simple fix? Is there a fault with this Quadra?
I guess this would have been much quicker and easier to explain, and sort out, on the phone - but there you go.
Thank you for your help.
Regards,
+Posted: 06 November 2007 @ 00:00+
LaCie +Thank you for contacting LaCie Technical Support. I think the issue has to do with the chipset we are using in our drive. The triple interface uses a different chipset then the new quadra, and the drive inside is different. The triple has an IDE drive and the quadra as a SATA drive. I'm waiting right now to get my hands on a quadra drive to see if I can duplicate the issue you have, when I get one and test this I will let you know. One question I have for you about the quadra, are you sure that it doesn't spin up when you have it in the on position when its hooked up to your mac during boot up, till the gray screen? It seems odd that it is not spinning up from the power switch on the drive.+
Posted: 06 November 2007 @ 00:00
maclover Hi. Thank you for your reply. To clarify -
When the Quadra is first turned on at the mains in the morning, before the G5, it spins up and the G5 will then boot from a volume on the Quadra, if that is what is selected in 'Startup Disc'. Fine.
The problem arises when a ReStart is needed - because I never do a 'ReStart' as such - I Shutdown, let the dust settle, and then Startup. That's when the Quadra doesn't spin up in time, and the G5 defaults to the internal boot drive.
It's not that important - it's just that the other d2 here is fine with this - but I will just have to remember to switch off the mains to the Quadra in between a Shutdown and Startup.
Unless, of course, there is some setting I have missed - or that it should, in fact, be able to handle a Shutdown-Startup sequence, and this Quadra is faulty.
Thank you for your time.
+Posted: 08 November 2007 @ 00:00+
LaCie +No, setting your missing just a chipset change, that caused this.+
Posted: 16 November 2007 @ 00:00
maclover Thank you for your reply. I will just have to remember which drive I'm booting from - and adjust the switch-on sequence accordingly!
Many thanks,
Trust this explains the changes. G5 System Sleep (which I don't use) seems to work ok.
The 500GB also has the "smart fan".
Please post again if you have any questions. Good Luck.

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