Firewire connection query

G'day,
I've just bought a 400/800 firewire cable to connect my G5 PowerMac and 2010 Macbook Pro 13". (Yes, I realised after purchase, the G5 has FW800... so I could have gone for a 800/800 cable... doh me).
I tried connecting the 2 machines using Target Disk Mode first - both ways - but neither would see the other as a FW disk.
I then tried networking them using the Networks pref, but again, they could not see each other.
I have never used the MacBook Pro's FW800 port... though I do know the G5's 400 ports both work. Thinking maybe it was the MBP, I dug out an iBook SE, and connected the 400 end into it, and the 800 end in first the MBP, then the G5. No good either - except -
When I opened System Profiler on the G5, with the iBook in TDM, it errored, saying it could not confirm if any devices were attached... Suggesting it could see SOMETHING... but not properly...
Does this sound like it's all the cable's fault... Or is there some inherent problem with firewire between 400/800?
Thanks
cosmic

G'day Matthew,
Yep, I've got the G5 that looks like it was dropped... then dragged behind a car...
Also used to hang out on the eMac forum, particularly 2006-7 or so when the badcaps was big news...
On Topic - I am guessing it is the 400/800 firewire cable I bought, as I've tried using it between 3 different computers... (Unless the G5's FW400 is working, and FW800 is not... as well as the MBP's FW800 not working - none of these ports have been tested before, as I don't own any FW800 devices) I bought the cable off ebay... Think I'll have to email the seller and see if they'll send me another one...
On the topic of my G5... I'm about ready to part it out... except I don't have any options for replacements as yet... It appears to only work at 1/2 capacity... following swapping one of the CPUs. Will have a play around shortly with the 4 processors I have available and see if I can fix it.
cheers

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