Firewire port PARTIAL malfunction

Hi there. I have a Titanium PB. All of a sudden stopped mounting my external hard drive or the iPod. The strange thing is that both get their power in- the iPod starts recharging, and the external drive (LaCie 160GB) starts spinning, but none of them mounts. Since the problem started I've upgraded to Tiger 10.4.2, but the problems still persist.
Any ideas how to fix it, or how to find out if this is software or hardware problem?
Thank you in advance for the help.

My TiBook's FireWire port has been in that condition for four days now, but the problem crept up on me over a couple weeks. My external drive (LaCie 80GB) would cut out unexpectedly, at first only when it was moved and then frequently and for no obvious reason. More recently I was forced to jiggle my cable to get any connection at all. (Substituting the cable made no improvement.)
When I plugged in the drive Wednesday morning, the display covered over in horizontal lines. I got that sinking feeling and braced myself for the worst, but the lines disappeared as the screen redrew. That the PowerBook has continued to function normally (FireWire excepted) strikes me as nothing short of a miracle. The port on my TiBook smelled burnt out. Slavix, can I suggest that you sniff it?
(I can sort of see how a short might kill the data pins but not the power pins. And reading the other posts in this category makes me suspect that using the FireWire bus power rather than the adapter may have contributed. I had no alternative, so no regrets.)
Checked the drive on another Mac; data is intact. Tried booting up the TiBook in target disk mode, and that same Mac does not recognize it. I think that rules out software.
Since there's no chance that I'll be able to send it in for service anytime soon, I suspect my only support option is to hope for the best, and maybe to purchase a FireWire PC card. I'd love to hear another.

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  • Full Firewire Port Failure (three different machines : iMac Intel, iMac G5, Black Macbook)

    I'm experiencing a failure of all FireWire ports on all of my three machines. I believe this problem began with a faulty external, FireWire powered hard drive from G-Tech. Here are all my specs, followed by a rundown of the order of events that has lead to this situation, followed by the various troubleshooting I have done.
    Equipment :
    iMac Aluminum Intel - 24" Mid 2007 - running OsX 10.5.8 - currently 1 FW400 and 1 FW800 ports disabled
    iMac G5 - 20" - running OsX 10.5.8 - currently 2 FW400 ports disabled
    MacBook - 13" black Early 2008 - running OsX 10.5.8 - currently 1 FW400 port disabled
    2 500GB G-Drives (by G-Tech) - AC powered
    1 5TB G-RAID Drive (by G-Tech) - AC powered
    1 250GB G-Drive Mini (by G-Tech) - FW powered
    Initial Setup :
    1 500GB G-Drive connected directly to iMac Intel via FW800
    1 500GB G-Drive connected to first 500GB G-Drive via FW800 (daisy chained)
    1 250GB G-Drive connected to second 500GB G-Drive via FW400 (daisy chained)
    1 5TB G-RAID connected directly to iMac Intel via FW800>400 adapter
    Sequence of Events :
    I had transferred some files to my G-Drive Mini in order to move them to my MacBook from my iMac Intel. I copied the files to the G-Drive Mini and ejected it normally and plugged it into my MacBook via FW400. The drive would not mount, and the power indication light would not go on. After experimenting with various connections and cables I was able to get the drive to power with FW400 and USB connected at the same time, but the drive would still not mount.
    I then plugged the G-Drive Mini back into the 2nd 500GB G-Drive as it was previously connected via FW400. This action caused the G-Drive to immediately reboot and eject itself from my iMac Intel.
    I then attempted to plug the G-Drive Mini into my older iMac G5 via FW400. Immediately upon plugging in, the computer shut down, and would not restart.
    At this point I kind of started to freak out. I was unaware of the extent of the damage, but was upset that the FW powered G-Drive Mini had shutdown my iMac G5. I contacted G-Tech Support and they offered to replace the drive and instructed me how to manually reset the computer's SMC by opening up the iMac and finding the Cuda switch. This worked and the computer was able to start and function again, but the FW400 port seemed to be disabled.
    I then tried to swap out configurations and drives on my iMac Intel to see if there was any cable problems, but doing so, slowly rendered all my FireWire ports useless. It's almost as if the act of plugging in the FW-powered G-Drive Mini started a kind of shortout chain reaction. I soon learned that none of my hard drives would connect to any of my three machines, with any kind of cable combination via FW400 or 800.
    I am currently able to connect my 5TB G-RAID drive to any machine via USB, as well as my G-Drive Mini. I am unable to access the other two external hard drives, as one has only FW400 and 800 ports and the other's USB connection is not functional as well on any machine.
    Troubleshooting Steps Taken :
    I have on all machines, reset the SMC in the following methods. iMac G5 - manually, by opening the case and pressing Cuda switch. iMac Intel - unplug, hold power button, restart method. MacBook - unplug, hold power button, restart method.
    I have also on all machines, reset the PRAM by the Cmnd + Opt + P + R method at startup.
    I have also unplugged all cables / removed battery, from all machines and left alone for a period of at least 12 hours, then re-plugged in each device one at a time.
    I have also restored my hibernate mode (through Terminal) on my iMac Intel to mode 3 and also turned on Virtual Memory in system preferences and set hibernatemode to mode 7, the restarted and attempted to plug in devices. The reason I even began to deal with the hibernate mode was because I had around the same time my ports began malfunctioning, installed the DeepSleep widget, which allows you to control your computer's hibernate mode. I thought that tweaking with this setting may have made my computer incapable of recognizing devices that were plugged in. I have since uninstalled the widget and experimented with different hibernatemodes to no avail.
    I also have Repaired Disk Permissions and Repaired Disk on all my machines, from within my Admin User as well as from the OsX Install Disk.
    Sometimes in my System Profiler (like right now for example on my iMac Intel) my computer is "Unable to list FireWire devices," but sometimes, no warning message comes up and it simply displays the appropriate Bus speed.
    I also conducted a system restore using a backup from my 5TB G-Raid Drive via USB, to a date before these problems started, but my ports are still not working.
    Summary :
    I am looking at a situation where all my FW ports on all my computers appear to be disabled, and possibly also on my four external hard drives, with one possible USB port malfunction on one external drive. The only root of this seems to be a malfunctioning FW-powered external hard drive.
    Is this possible? Has this happened to anyone else before? G-Tech assures me that it is impossible for my 250GB G-Drive Mini to draw enough power from a computer to permanently disable any ports, but I have tried all of the FW port problem troubleshooting steps and am at a loss.
    I do not have AppleCare and would like to avoid bringing two iMacs, a MacBook and four hard drives to the Apple store and take my chances with the geniuses.
    I would appreciate any help or advice you all have. Thanks for reading and for your support!

    Ok. So if that was too confusing, I've re-labeled this post with letters for my hard drives and some mapping of the connectivity configurations I have attempted.
    Equipment :
    iMac Aluminum Intel - 24" Mid 2007 - running OsX 10.5.8 - currently 1 FW400 and 1 FW800 ports disabled
    iMac G5 - 20" - running OsX 10.5.8 - currently 2 FW400 ports disabled
    MacBook - 13" black Early 2008 - running OsX 10.5.8 - currently 1 FW400 port disabled
    1 500GB G-Drive (by G-Tech) w/ no USB port - AC powered : A
    1 500GB G-Drive (by G-Tech) w/ USB port - AC powered : B
    1 5TB G-RAID Drive (by G-Tech) - AC powered : C
    1 250GB G-Drive Mini (by G-Tech) - FW powered : D
    Initial Setup :
    C > FW400-800 adapter > iMac Intel
    D > FW400 > A > FW800 > B > FW800 > iMac Intel
    Sequence of Events :
    D > FW400 > MacBook
    I had transferred some files to my G-Drive Mini D in order to move them to my MacBook from my iMac Intel. I copied the files to the G-Drive Mini D and ejected it normally and plugged it into my MacBook via FW400. The drive would not mount, and the power indication light would not go on. After experimenting with various connections and cables I was able to get the drive to power with FW400 and USB connected at the same time, but the drive would still not mount.
    D > FW400 > A > FW800 > B > FW800 > iMac Intel
    I then plugged the G-Drive Mini D back into the 2nd 500GB G-Drive A as it was previously connected via FW400. This action caused the G-Drive to immediately reboot and eject itself from my iMac Intel.
    D > FW400 > iMac G5
    I then attempted to plug the G-Drive Mini into my older iMac G5 via FW400. Immediately upon plugging in, the computer shut down, and would not restart.
    At this point I kind of started to freak out. I was unaware of the extent of the damage, but was upset that the FW powered G-Drive Mini D had shutdown my iMac G5. I contacted G-Tech Support and they offered to replace the drive and instructed me how to manually reset the computer's SMC by opening up the iMac and finding the Cuda switch. This worked and the computer was able to start and function again, but the FW400 port seemed to be disabled.
    I then tried to swap out configurations and drives on my iMac Intel to see if there was any cable problems, but doing so, slowly rendered all my FireWire ports useless. It's almost as if the act of plugging in the FW-powered G-Drive Mini D started a kind of shortout chain reaction. I soon learned that none of my hard drives would connect to any of my three machines, with any kind of cable combination via FW400 or 800.
    D > USB > AnyMachine
    C > USB > AnyMachine
    I am currently able to connect my 5TB G-RAID C drive to any machine via USB, as well as my G-Drive Mini D. I am unable to access the other two external hard drives, as one has only FW400 and 800 ports (A) and the other's USB connection is not functional as well on any machine (B).
    Troubleshooting Steps Taken :
    I have on all machines, reset the SMC in the following methods. iMac G5 - manually, by opening the case and pressing Cuda switch. iMac Intel - unplug, hold power button, restart method. MacBook - unplug, hold power button, restart method.
    I have also on all machines, reset the PRAM by the Cmnd + Opt + P + R method at startup.
    I have also unplugged all cables / removed battery, from all machines and left alone for a period of at least 12 hours, then re-plugged in each device one at a time.
    I have also restored my hibernate mode (through Terminal) on my iMac Intel to mode 3 and also turned on Virtual Memory in system preferences and set hibernatemode to mode 7, the restarted and attempted to plug in devices. The reason I even began to deal with the hibernate mode was because I had around the same time my ports began malfunctioning, installed the DeepSleep widget, which allows you to control your computer's hibernate mode. I thought that tweaking with this setting may have made my computer incapable of recognizing devices that were plugged in. I have since uninstalled the widget and experimented with different hibernatemodes to no avail.
    I also have Repaired Disk Permissions and Repaired Disk on all my machines, from within my Admin User as well as from the OsX Install Disk.
    Sometimes in my System Profiler (like right now for example on my iMac Intel) my computer is "Unable to list FireWire devices," but sometimes, no warning message comes up and it simply displays the appropriate Bus speed.
    I also conducted a system restore using a backup from my 5TB G-Raid Drive C via USB, to a date before these problems started, but my ports are still not working.
    Summary :
    I am looking at a situation where all my FW ports on all my computers appear to be disabled, and possibly also on my four external hard drives (A, B, C, D), with one possible USB port malfunction on one external drive (B). The only root of this seems to be a malfunctioning FW-powered external hard drive.
    Is this possible? Has this happened to anyone else before? G-Tech assures me that it is impossible for my 250GB G-Drive Mini D to draw enough power from a computer to permanently disable any ports, but I have tried all of the FW port problem troubleshooting steps and am at a loss.
    I do not have AppleCare and would like to avoid bringing two iMacs, a MacBook and four hard drives to the Apple store and take my chances with the geniuses.
    I would appreciate any help or advice you all have. Thanks for reading and for your support!

  • Is my Firewire port failing?

    I have an external LaCie FW400 drive (APM formatted, not bootable) which works perfectly with my Intel MacBook Pro (10.5.1) but causes much grief on my Intel Alu iMac (10.5.2). Could these symptoms indicate that my iMac's FW400 port is malfunctioning - or is there another explanation?
    1. On three occasions now, my iMac Finder has frozen when I was browsing files in column view on the external FW drive. No freezes at any other time. On these occasions, the Finder cannot be relaunched and I have to power down.
    2. On several occasions, the FW400 drive has refused to mount on the iMac - but mounts readily when immediately switched to the MBP. Rebooting the iMac will usually make the FW drive mount again.
    3. When rebooting the iMac with the FW drive mounted, it is sometimes very slow through the grey startup screen, ie it can take 3 minutes to boot compared with 25 seconds normally.
    4. I also have an external LaCie FW800 drive (GUID formatted, Time Machine) which never causes any problems and doesn't give me slow restarts.
    5. I have run Disk Utility and 3rd-party diagnostic tests on the FW400 drive and it always comes up smelling of roses.
    6. Permissions are regularly repaired on the iMac and the internal hard disk is checked daily. I did suffer corruption on a Boot Camp partition but this has since been deleted.
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    Simon

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    Identifier: com.apple.TextEdit
    Version: 1.5 (244)
    Build Info: TextEdit-2440000~2
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    Report Version: 6
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    Report Version: 6
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    2 ...ple.CoreServices.CarbonCore 0x9285f6b5 FindNextComponentInternal(ComponentRecord*, ComponentDescription*) + 95
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    16 com.apple.menuextra.textinput 0x00720de8 0x71c000 + 19944
    17 com.apple.menuextra.textinput 0x00720e91 0x71c000 + 20113
    18 com.apple.menuextra.textinput 0x0072385c 0x71c000 + 30812
    19 com.apple.menuextra.textinput 0x007240e5 0x71c000 + 32997
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    22 com.apple.CoreFoundation 0x9526bd18 CFRunLoopRunInMode + 88
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    24 com.apple.HIToolbox 0x92c144b9 ReceiveNextEventCommon + 374
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    eax: 0x006a1b7d ebx: 0x9538653e ecx: 0x006a1b73 edx: 0x934a59e6
    edi: 0x006a1b73 esi: 0x006a1b73 ebp: 0xb01a4098 esp: 0xb01a3fa0
    ss: 0x0000001f efl: 0x00010212 eip: 0x9538696c cs: 0x00000017
    ds: 0x0000001f es: 0x0000001f fs: 0x0000001f gs: 0x00000037
    cr2: 0x006a1b77
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    Path: /System/Library/CoreServices/Finder.app/Contents/MacOS/Finder
    Identifier: com.apple.finder
    Version: ??? (???)
    Build Info: Finder_FE-6071400~5
    Code Type: X86 (Native)
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    Date/Time: 2008-02-23 13:01:03.245 +0000
    OS Version: Mac OS X 10.5.2 (9C31)
    Report Version: 6
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    Exception Codes: 0x000000000000000a, 0x0000000000698004
    Crashed Thread: 3
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    1 ...ple.CoreServices.OSServices 0x95386fd0 CLocalRefToSharedStorageEntry::Load(CIconFamilyLoader*, unsigned long) + 134
    2 ...ple.CoreServices.OSServices 0x9532dff7 _ISGetStorageRefFromLoader(CIconFamilyLoader*, unsigned long, unsigned long, unsigned long, unsigned long*) + 675
    3 ...ple.CoreServices.OSServices 0x95331cc4 _ISGetStorageByIconFile + 128
    4 ...ple.CoreServices.OSServices 0x953329bf _ISAddFSRefIconToImage + 145
    5 ...ple.CoreServices.OSServices 0x95337da4 SFLMutableListItem::SetNewPrefs(__CFDictionary const*, unsigned short, OpaqueISImageRef*) + 1700
    6 ...ple.CoreServices.OSServices 0x953376f9 SFLMutableListItem::SFLMutableListItem(unsigned long, __CFDictionary const*, short, unsigned short, OpaqueISImageRef*, unsigned char*) + 139
    7 ...ple.CoreServices.OSServices 0x953375fa SFLMakeNewListItem(unsigned long, __CFDictionary const*, short, unsigned short, OpaqueISImageRef*) + 88
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    9 ...ple.CoreServices.OSServices 0x95337229 SFLRemoteEntry::InstantiateFromPrefs(unsigned long*, __CFDictionary const**) + 219
    10 ...ple.CoreServices.OSServices 0x95336e6a SFLRemoteEntry::MakeSnapshotList(unsigned long*) + 190
    11 ...ple.CoreServices.OSServices 0x95336d5f _SFLCreateSnapshot + 87
    12 com.apple.DesktopServices 0x954cc41d LockSFLCreateSnapshot(OpaqueSFLRef*, unsigned long) + 55
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    14 com.apple.DesktopServices 0x954cba15 TNode::PopulateVirtualContainerFromSFL(OpaqueSFLRef*, bool) + 197
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    16 com.apple.DesktopServices 0x954c9194 TNodeSyncTask::HandleInternalEvent(TCountedPtr<TNodeEvent> const&) + 320
    17 com.apple.DesktopServices 0x954c8ac6 TNodeSyncTask::SyncTaskProc(void*) + 160
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    20 libSystem.B.dylib 0x934d6b12 thread_start + 34
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    edi: 0x00000000 esi: 0x0004119e ebp: 0xb01a4098 esp: 0xb01a3fa0
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  • Firewire port previously working now not recognized

    Hello,
    I understand this particular issue has been discussed at length on this forum and in other places but none of the solutions have yielded any success for me and I see this is often the case for others.  So, I'm posting the question again in hopes that there is an Apple guru out there who has figured this one out.  (All relevant specs below.)
    Problem:  Firewire port was working fine for downloading video from a Panasonic PV-GS320 into iMovie 8.0 on an iMac 10.5.8.  Then, suddenly the firewire port was no longer recognized:
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