Firewire, kernal, Maxtor External Drive

I know this discussion happend a while ago, and is closed, this is the link:
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=3453370&#3453370
The problem is it didn't resolve anything for me, I didn't understand the "chip" answers.
I wrote down what the kernel said - it's about "Kernel loadable modules in backtrace (with dependiencies): com.maxtor.iokit.10FireWireFamily(2.25).... " and it goes on.
Is this telling me to go to the Maxtor site and download the module firewire family? This kernel doesn't happen with usb, but I really prefer the speed with the firewire.
Any thoughts or help would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks.
17" PB G4 Mac OS X (10.4.8) 12" iBook G4, PowerPc G4, 2 iMacs G3, 5 iPods - Computer? Get protection

Just in case there are others out there with this problem, I thought I should post this.
I found a driver download at Seagate, here is the link:
http://www.seagate.com/ww/v/index.jsp?locale=en-US&name=MaxtorOneTouch_Mac_OS_X_DriverUpdate&vgnextoid=cd6d8b9c4a8ff010VgnVCM100000dd04090aRCRD
It's lengthy so you'll need to copy and paste the url.
Thus far the external is mounted with the firewire, so I hope it continues to work.
17" PB G4 Mac OS X (10.4.8) 12" iBook G4, PowerPc G4, 2 iMacs G3, 5 iPods - Computer? Get protection

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