Fire Wire PCI bus Info

Hi I am trying to add a Firewire bus via a PCI bus to my G5 Primarily to attach a Liquid Mix too. Focusrite tell me I need a Texas VIA or NEC chip set. Here in the UK I am finding it impossible to find a supplier that can tell me what chip set is in the card. Actually it is quite hard to find a card at all. Does any one know a manufacturer that uses one of these chip set. I don’t care where the maufacterer is bassed. Ta Joff
dual 2ghz Mac OS X (10.4.8)

here is a list, joff,
http://www.lindy.com/uk/catalog/07/07/index.php?kw=firewire%20card%20for%20mac&f l=40433
http://www.welovemacs.com/f5u501mac.html
http://www.pricegrabber.co.uk/searchattrib.php/page_id=405/form_keyword=firewirepci+cardmac/rd=1/mode=g_uk_bs/skd=1
Fr.BlayZay.

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It's my understanding that this will work fine in my
1.8 Single Processsor G5 Desktop.
Correct?
correct
It's my understanding that the Card will be Plug n
Play - no drivers neccessary
Correct?
correct
It's my understanding that this will now enable me to
select any of the 3 devices plugged into the 3 port
card, without having to depend on ONE of them being
turned on (as in dazzie chaining them)
Correct?
You should put the camcorder on your G5 internal FW 400 port
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This will prevent getting dropped frames on capture.
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motherboard?
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Mr Hamilton:
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Mr Majordadusma:
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ereport.io.pci.sserr ena=1a01a29b42002c01 detector=[ version=0 scheme="dev"
device-path="/ssm@0,0/pci@18,700000" ] pci-status=4280 pci-command=146 pci-pa=
0
ereport.io.pci.rserr ena=1a01a29b42002c01 detector=[ version=0 scheme="dev"
device-path="/ssm@0,0/pci@18,700000" ] pci-status=4280 pci-command=146 pci-pa=
0
ereport.io.pci.sserr ena=1a01a29b42002c01 detector=[ version=0 scheme="dev"
device-path="/ssm@0,0/pci@18,700000/pci@2" ] pci-status=4290 pci-command=147
ereport.io.pci.sec-sta ena=1a01a29b42002c01 detector=[ version=0 scheme="dev"
device-path="/ssm@0,0/pci@18,700000/pci@2" ] pci-sec-status=a80 pci-bdg-ctrl=
23
panic[cpu11]/thread=2a100449cc0: pcisch-0: Fatal PCI bus error(s)
000002a100471e70 pcisch:pbm_error_intr+158 (300001d9bc0, 134cc00, 30000bbfdc8, 30000bbfdc8, 0, 300001d9580)
%l0-3: 00000300001c95b8 0000000000000000 000000000196a800 000000000196a800
%l4-7: 0000000000000001 000000000196a800 0000030000205830 0000000000000000
000002a100471f50 unix:current_thread+170 (0, 300031e8a98, 0, ffffffffffffffff, 300001c95b8, 8)
%l0-3: 00000000010076e4 000002a100449021 000000000000000e 0000000000000633
%l4-7: ffffffffffffffff 00000300061793d8 000000000000000b 000002a1004498d0
000002a100449970 unix:disp_getwork+38 (30003b74000, 18ab7c8, 180c000, 180c000, 0, 0)
%l0-3: 00000300001c95b8 ffffffffffffffff 00000300001c9580 00000300001c9680
%l4-7: 00000300001c9680 0000000000000000 00000300001c9680 0000000000000000
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%l0-3: 00000300031e8a98 000000000000001b 0000000000000000 ffffffffffffffff
%l4-7: 00000300031e8a98 ffffffffffffffff 00000000018ab7c8 00000000010554bc
panic: entering debugger (continue to save dump)
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kmdb: unable to determine terminal type: assuming `vt100'
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genunix ip sgsbbc logindmux wrsm isp usba specfs ssd nfs md random sctp ]
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sky.ma

Agreed, seems like a PCI bus error.
Data flowing through SB4 didn't like something, so cpu11 barked out a complaint.
Perhaps it was something passing to or from your storage
or to and from the other partner pair.
Install Explorer, as per Public Infodoc 82329,
run it to gather a system configuration snapshot,
and then go open a support case with Sun.
At the very least, you'll find it was simply a result of a typo
in the modifications you were making to your configuration.
Best to let Sun Techsupport figure this out for you.

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Hi rolesh79,
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You might try a third party firewire pci card as a replacement. A repair of disk permissions may have an effect. Or try a 800 to 400 adapter: http://www.pcconnection.com/IPA/Shop/Product/Detail.htm?sku=461273&oext=1038A&cisrc=14110944&cisku=461273.
Regards

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This is pretty weird, even for a Saturday.
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thanks,
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Hi, likely you can bring them back, disconnect all peripherals & power, then...
How to reset the SMU on a Power Mac G5 (Late 2004) or Power Mac G5 (Late 2005) ...
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1436
Earlier G3, G4, G5 models...
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1939
Also see...
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1317?viewlocale=en_US

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