Fire wire issue

I wish to purchase an Apple computer. The computer must have a fire wire connection. I don’t want to buy an Apple Pro (too expensive and I don’t need all the computering power), is there any Apple computer currently available that would have a fire wire connection other than the Apple Pro? If the answer is “no”, is there any point in me waiting (one is planned) or do I have to go the PC route? Thank you for your assistance.

Ziatron wrote:
or do I have to go the PC route?
No need to go to the "Dark Side".
There is no dark side.. my 3yr old $560 Acer has served very well as a multi-track (8 simultaneous) mobile recording studio, not one problem or lost session in 3 years, use the built in Firewire for the audio interface. The dual G5 does the same job in the studio, no problems with WinXP or Win7, no problems with Panther, Tiger or Leopard... well, Leopard is a little kludgey mainly because of the extra graphic layers.
It's all good.
Get what you need!
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Hello Everyone. I'm running a new Mac pro and I have several Firewire hardware plugged up to it. The main issue I have Is may DAW (Presonus FirePod) freezes and looses it's sound. I have to shut down and restart on a lot. I'm not sure if my fire wire Graid 500 is conflciting with it. Is there any way to solve this issue with multiple fire wire devices hooked up?
Vito

Most FW cabels are not designed to have hard drives and consumer electronics together. Never daisy chain or use together on a hub.
I invested in PCIe FW800, trouble with freezing coming out of deep sleep or sleep. With Viewsonic LCD the fans would spin (very slow but never totally off) and wake up fine. With Apple Cinema 23" the system now freezes coming out of sleep. So Aaxeon PCIe may not be a good idea (unless they are aware and have improved support or chipset - bought through OWC for $109).
But I do think PCIe (maybe FW400) is the way to go. I prefer to have RAID with a "one drive per channel" making eSATA preferable. Otherwise, you are using one channel for all devices. And one drive per cable.
SoftRAID folks warn against the problems with consumer electronics, as does Granite Digital (which sells pricey high-end SCSI and FW cables).

IMac can't running any two fire wire hard disks at the same time . which

iMac can’t running any two fire wire hard disks at the same time . which two hard disks have extra power from power socket . If i just insert one of them .No problem . If connect two Hds at the same time. Leopard cant find it and the Hds seem no problem. the machine must be restarted and then use one . No problem . I have formated the HD many times .even if which format is Fat 32 or Mac issue persists .Boot from installation CD used the disk utility . Issue stills . If i used one fire wire HD that get power from power socket and used one fire wire device . Leopard was no problem during this time . Whether is this design problem or my machine hardware problem?My Mac has been changed the logic board by Apple service . Do you have similar case in here????
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Hi KennyG1983-
How are you connecting these drives?
This may help: What to do if your computer won't recognize a FireWire or USB device
Luck-
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Fire Wire Error Message:

If anybody has been following my posts, I have been wanting and needing a fire wire enclosure for large hard drives. I only have one of each. A Fire Wire enclosure and a 3.5 PATA drive. A Maxtor 160gb. I have other hard drives and they are smaller, and have issues. Fortunately OS 9 is able to mount these damaged drives.
I am very happy to have a fire wire enclousre and also a new hard drive for my files. =] =] And I still have like a bunch of files to organize but the most important thing right now is to get all of these files off of three messed up hard drives.
I have one hard drive connected to a USB enclosure and the new 160gb one is connected to the Fire Wire enclosure. (It also has a USB 2.0 port but I am connecting it to Fire Wire) and I am running OS 9 while operating all the external hard drives.
As for the fire wire enclosure: I get an error message:
A FireWire disk has stopped responding. The problem must be corrected to prevent damaging the disk's contents.
Please check all FireWIre connections. If you added, removed, or turned on a FireWire device on or off, try undoing what you did.
And so I turn off the drive and turn it back on. It acts like nothing has happened to it. But certainly something bad is happening!!! =S
Also it has done this in the middle of transferring files and then I turn it off and on and then it resumes moving THE SAME file!!!!!!! =S
????????????????

Could the problem have been the USB-only enclosures??????? I have tried to get it to work a few minutes ago and it would not turn on. I gave up on it and I disconnected it. I am moving files from the damaged hard drives onto that imac's internal hard drive, and then onto the new hard drive ... all using the same fire wire enclosure. I have one so far and not two... and that is kinda frustrating. =S }=S }=S
Even though I have to keep switching hard drives with one fire wire enclosure, the fire wire enclosure transfer speed is now FAST!!!!!!!!
=]

Fire wire cam doesnt work im messages chat

my fire wire Unibrain cam does not connect in messages chat and I cannot receive the other persons cam
. Are there settings I should correct. I am using 10.8.4

HI,
So you are getting video in to the App.
So any Firewire 400/800 issues are moot.
Next step.
In the Video Menu is the Video option dark and active text and is it ticked ?
In the View Menu is Show Video Status ticked ?
This Menu and the items from show Buddy Pics down rely on a Buddy list being "front" (More on that in sec).
The first of these makes sure the camera is On and the second makes sure the Buddy Lists display the Video icons.
If there is not enough Internet Speed for Video Chats then the Video items may be ticked but greyed out.
To make sure you can see the Buddy Lists go to the Window Menu.
If you have set up iMessages and nothing else except Enable the Bonjour account then the Buddies item will dispaly the Bonjour list.
If you have AIM, Jabber or Yahoo IDs set up as well then the Buddies item is a combined list.
You can unlink them in the General section of the Preferences.
The Window Menu will change to list the Buddy Lists by the Description Fields in the Accounts section
An AIM Buddy list for example should display green Video icons next to the Buddies.
In this my other logged in AIM valid Names show up under Family and an Apple Test accounts shows in Auto Responders (you can't Video with yourself but you an add the Buddy name to a Buddy list).
Only Jabber Buddy list will do this as well as the Yahoo option is Text only.
However it does have to be AIM to AIM or Jabber to Jabber.
AIM in this sense includes the Apple Issued IDs with the ending of @mac.com, @me.com and @icloud.com
Jabber ones can include GoogleTalk and Facebook IDs if you have Enabled Talk at Google or Chat at Facebook.
Sticking with the AIM case you would then click on the green video icon as one method of Starting a Video Chat.
As it is an AIM Buddy list the Buddy should be an AIM vlaid Buddy.
Note
Apple IDs obviously have an @ in them and in most cases are valid emails (or have been in the past)
They are valid with the AIM service
GoogleMail IDs are then valid Jabber IDs once you enable Talk in Products at Google. Facebook also uses the users email Address.
The can means that fro both services an email address is the valid ID.
Other Jabber IDs may not be email but do follow the [email protected] format.
This means it is possible to add the IDs or Screen Names from one service to the Buddy list of another.
The Buddy will appear Off line in these case but you will not be told they are not a valid Buddy.
If the chat fails at this point you normally get some sort of alert message.
It may even have pop up that can be expanded for more details.
You may see more in the Video Menu > Connection Doctor > Errors tab
If you have an AIM Buddy list then try adding the Apple Test Accounts. See table 1
There used to be 6 (three plain AIM names and three @mac.com versions).
It tends to be that only 1 or 2 are On at any one time now.
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Fire wire incompatibility between OS 10.10 (IMAC) and OS 10.4.11 (Mac Mini)

Fire Wire does not work between my Imac running Yosemite, and my Mac Mini running 10.4.11. It does not seem to be a hardware problem. I was wondering if anybody knows why? Is there something between the two OSs that makes fire wire a no go? Is it a Power PC vs Intel issue. Are there any work arounds? Both computers drop into target mode correctly, but neither will put an Icon up on the other's desktop. Speculation is that I'd have to run 10.6+ to get fire wire to work with Yosemite.
Sure would be nice to know...

Is it a Power PC vs Intel issue.
I believe that is the problem. Here are several articles from Apple:
How to move data to your new Mac using Mountain Lion and earlier - Apple Support
which includes this:
If you can get it to work, these may help:
OS X Yosemite: Transfer files between two computers using target disk mode
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Fire wire ports do not work

Here's a little history with the problem I'm having. At first (about 1 year ago) my fire wire ports became intermittent. They would work one second, then they wouldn't. I took my Mac in to be serviced, at the time it was still under warranty, but the techs couldn't find anything wrong. I brought it home but still had the problem. I figured maybe my components were bad. 1 year later I'm still having the problem. So I took it back, to the same people, this time they dug a little deeper with their tests and found that my logic board was bad. Everything else on the computer seems to work great, just not either fire wire port.
The questions I have are:
1) has anyone encountered this problem?
2) when looking at the logic board which number is used for the part
number? Mine says 820-1592-A, also 630-6483 is listed just under the
bar code. I'm trying to locate another, so far unsuccessfully.
3) do you think Apple would honor the warranty since Authorized techs
didn't find the problem the first time when my MAC was under warranty?
Any info will be helpful. Thanks

I had an issue with my FireWire ports not working right before my logic board died. I was able to resurrect the FW situation by unplugging everything from the back of the G5 (including the power cord) and letting it sit for 15 minutes. This caused a reset and then FW started working again -- alas for nothing when the logic board croaked a few weeks later.
By all means contact Apple -- since you did have it checked under warranty they might be able to work with you. You have nothing to lose and a lot to gain. My repair put me back $900 + (I did not have an AppleCare extended warranty, since I have never had any of my previous Macs fail before).

Fire wire ports driving me batty

I have a late 2007 Intel iMac with a total of 7 Lacie external hard drives daisy chained together via the 800 fire wire ports. The externals are stacked one on top of the other. I cannot hook up the 8th hard drive to the 7th one (the hard drive on the top is #1, the one on the bottom is #7) without losing the 7th hard drive (I get an error message saying that the #7 hard drive hasn't been disconnected properly) and it disappears from the desktop. However, if I attach the 8th hard drive via the 400 fire wire port, all is well. I've switched the order of the hard drives and used different cables, but it always seems that the 7th hard drive has an issue with both 800 ports being used. Anyone have a suggestion (other than hooking up the 8th to the 400 port) or an answer to why this is happening? I think maybe heat might be a factor.
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I don't think the hard drives have internal fans. Anyway, I've tried switching the order, like hooking up #1 & #2, with #2 on the bottom, then hooking up #7 to #2. Changed around the order - sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn't, but it's pretty consistent, that whenever one of the two 800 firewire ports on the bottom one is in use and I attach another hard drive to the free firewire port, it freaks out the bottom one. However, when I use the 400 firewire port, all is well. Anyway, in the grand scheme of things, I'm not going to lose sleep over it. Was just wondering if it's the way I'm setting things up. By the way, what is a bridge board?
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Testing fire wire port

I have tried several times to test my fire wire port on this mac mini. I tnever does anything differently than boot up.
I am hooking up an audio interface and cant seem to get it to recognize the unit. I have tried testing the port, different cables and even purchased a 2nd interface thinking my original was the problem
Help
Mac Mini
M box pro
pro tools 10
Chase

Just for the record, I have friends that have the exact same setup as I do. It works flawlessly. They are using the same OS in both pro tools and apple. This seems to be a hardware connection issue. My Mac Mini does not recognize the M Box Pro audio interface I am using.
I have 2 m box pros doing the same thing. I have used 3 fire wire cables.
I first want to test the fire wire port on the mac mini, I need to know if it works at all. I tested it once and have not been able to conduct the test again. I believe this is some sort of internal set up issue. All of the software and hardware is identical to what several friends have.

Importing Help from fire wire hard drive

Hi
I have a Canon HV20 and a My Book 500 Gig Hard drive and I'm using a Ibook G4.
Here's my Problem , I only have one Firewire Input so I Plugged My Book In it and Put the Cameras firewire in the Hard drives fire wire out and When I try to Import Final cut Express can never find that it is plugged in to my Hard drive but when I go to Imovie It Finds it Easy.
So how can I import My footage directly to my Hard drive with out using Imovie?

hey there Michealbak, welcome to Discussions,
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Hi
i recently daisy chained two lacie external hhds and noticed that the second was playing up -
I checked various threads here & the general feeling was dont daisy chain
the external hds just plug them straight in to the mac.
This proved right because the brand new lacie just died three months after i bought it & i trace the erratic behaviours back to when i daisy chained.
So i'm reduced to swapping fire wire cables into ports, depending on which external drive i want to power up - this is because i only have a limited amount of ports and people generally felt i should do it this way and not use a fire wire hub.....
So im now concerned about if this constant plugging in & out of firewire cables is a potential danger to my mac...........
Can anyone shed any opinion or warning that may be of use to my situation ?
improvements, dangers etc......
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1. my issue with firewire hubs is that i want to
transfer data between external hds - i was advised
not to use a firewire hub to do this.
The hub shouldn't cause a problem.
The general
advice is that the safest connections are direct into
the computor.
A properly designed device should have no problems with a properly designed hub, but not everything is properly designed. Manufactures like to blame hubs when their products don't work.
However you've got me thinking....I've got three
firewire ports,
Are you sure? eMacs have two FireWire, and three USB ports.
so maybe if i use two for two
external hd's and the third with a firewire hub for
my printer & scanner
You have a FireWire printer and scanner? FireWire scanners are rare, and I haven't seen FireWire printers. USB is more common for printers and scanners.
2. when you say go in backwards, you mean upside down.
A FireWire plug is rectangular, with a pointed end, so it will only fit one way. If the socket is worn, it can be forced in the other way, and cause daage.

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[url="iPod not recognized correctly on Toshiba laptop"]http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=300836[/url]
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For now, I'll just disable this device when I need to sync, then reenable it when done. But this is going to be a pain. I really don't consider this a fix. It's really annoying that the iPod is the only USB device that requires this kind of nonsense.
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New 27" has only 1 800 Fire Wire

I am considering buying a new iMac 27". I see that it has only 1, 800 Fire Wire port and no 400 FW port. I use my computer for editing video via FCS3. One of the cameras I have is a Canon XHA1 it's output is Fire Wire 400. I import footage to a external drive which is a Lacie 1.5 tb with a 400-800 Fire Wire port.
Is the connector and cord for 400 & 800 Fire Wire the same or are they physically different?
What is the best way for me to solve this problem? The best work flow? Could I capture from the camera 400 FW into the iMac 800 FW port and then transfer the data to the Lacie?
Of the new iMac 27" models how much faster would the Quad i5 or i7 be over the duo 3.06 model? Let's assume that we were transcoding a 1 gb project? My current computer has a duo 2.16 how would it compare? Is it correct to assume that because 3.06 is almost 50% more than 2.16 that there would be a 50% increase in speed or in other words the 3.06 would do the job in half the time?
Thanks
Kent

Having a FW 800 port is no problem, the port will also support FW 400 so connecting to your camera is no issue. The cable connectors are physically different however you should only need an adapter like this
As far as your work flow that's up to you, you can daisy chain your Lacie to the Canon so the iMac will see both devices. That means when you want to import video you can have it go directly from the camera to the Lacie HD if you want.
As far as how much faster the Quad core machines will be is anyones guess at this point because they haven't begun shipping so bench tests have been done. As you probably know they're expected to ship sometime this month, I'm sure that soon after they ship different bench tests will be done and then your can get some real data. When will that be, my guess is within within several weeks of their ship date. Until then everything is speculation and people quoting numbers are guessing, it's just that simple.
Hope this helps.
Regards,
Roger

Mac Book Pro/Mac Pro fire wire saga

Hi,
My husband and I are long time Mac users. Recently we decided to take the plunge and update to the new Mac Pro w/intell chip and the Mac Book Pro. The Big machine is now on it's way back to China due to numerous issues that all the techs in the kingdom could not solve, one issue being the non reponsive fire wire port. The Mac book Pro works Fine exept for IT"S fire wire port. No, It's not dirty. My device works in our older Macs. After 158 minutes on the phone with a tech (We tried everything) He put us on hold to get a case number. Another 40 minutes went by and he never got back on. Now we must repeat this agony one more day!!! Has anyone else had these problems? Were these new machines released to soon? Does anyone check them before they are sent out?

Hi,
My husband and I are long time Mac users. Recently we
decided to take the plunge and update to the new Mac
Pro w/intell chip and the Mac Book Pro. The Big
machine is now on it's way back to China due to
numerous issues that all the techs in the kingdom
could not solve, one issue being the non reponsive
fire wire port. The Mac book Pro works Fine exept
for IT"S fire wire port. No, It's not dirty. My
device works in our older Macs. After 158 minutes on
the phone with a tech (We tried everything) He put us
on hold to get a case number. Another 40 minutes went
by and he never got back on. Now we must repeat this
agony one more day!!! Has anyone else had these
problems? Were these new machines released to soon?
Does anyone check them before they are sent out?
Today is Aug. 24th.
my husband and I spoke to Apple this morning after last nights marathon phone call. The nice tech sent us to an Apple store to have them run a test on the fire wire port on the MBP . It is broken. He gave us a case number. Now the second machine is on it's way back to China........ I pray the next macines we get work! Believe me this time we will be sure to "Kick the tires" before we install more pricy software.
JUst a word to aanyony lokking to buy one, service is great, but, the loss of time in a small business is killer.

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