HDX 18/dv8t IEEE 1394/Fire Wire performance problem in Win 7

The IEEE1394 interface lives on the PCI express bus at IRQ 16, which is shared by several other devices. Audio interfaces, such as the M-Audio Pro Fire and Fire Wire series do not work reliably with the shared IRQ. In Vista, by comparison, the IEEE 1394 interface has its own IRQ, and seems to run more reliably.
Any ideas on how to fix this?

Well, I found a workaround for my issue. It's described in this article:
[url="iPod not recognized correctly on Toshiba laptop"]http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=300836[/url]
By disabling the "Sandard Enhanced PCI to USB Host Controller" in device manager, my iPod was correctly recognized and I was able to sync with iTunes. That's the good news.
The bad news is that: a) Windows warns me that my "device can operate faster if connected to a USB 2.0 port" - and the sync with iTunes runs slowly; b) if I reanable that USB device (as suggested in the Apple article, my iPod is no longer recognized.
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.
Looking forward to a "real" fix for this some time soon.

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Ieee 1394 fire wire

Is there a way to add an ieee1394 fire wire port to an hp pavilion dv7 lap top?

There is no PCMCIA slot. There is no device that will provide firewire through the media card slot. The motherboard cannot be modified. This is a common issue today and there is just no solution. I have explored all options myself.

I have a HP 500 250ea and have tried to fit a IEEE 1394a fire wire.

I want to fit a fire wire to the HP 500 250ae desk top, so I boought the card from Maplins, but when I opened the back of my computer, the connector, just one did not fit the card.

Alan, welcome to the forum.
What is the make/model of the firewire card? A link to it would be helpful.
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HP HDX X18T eSATA - IEEE 1394 Firewire SPECS

I'm having trouble finding the specs for the eSATA and the IEEE 1394 Firewire. I'm looking for an external hard drive that has one or both of these connections. Some have a selection of Firewire 400 or 800 and the specs list it as IEEE 1394 Firewire. Granted that my laptop is from 2009, but it is a workhorse.
I have several Iomega esata desktop drives, but I'm looking to a portable one.
Thanks for your help,
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It is definitely firewire 400 and the eSATA is going to be SATA I speed. What else did you need help with?

Install Mac OS X from an External Fire WIre HD : PROBLEM!!!!

Hey guys, I have a MacBook and I wanted to re-install the Mac OS X software. My internal dvd drive doesn't seem to work anymore so I tried to install the OS on a partition of my fire wire drive, from my brother MacBook, no problem there. When I tried to boot my mac from the FireWire Drive, I wasn't able to install it to my computer. Now, the only way I can do anything is if I do it from the FW drive...
Is there anything I can do to solve to problem??

Were you able to boot your other computer from the FW drive? What did you put on the FW drive? Did you actually install OS X onto the FW drive?
If you installed OS X onto the FW drive and can boot the computer with it, then just clone it to your other computer. See the following:
Clone using Restore Option of Disk Utility
1. Open Disk Utility from the Utilities folder.
2. Select the destination volume from the left side list.
3. Click on the Erase tab in the DU main window. Set the format type to Mac OS Extended (journaled, if available) and click on the Erase button. This step can be skipped if the destination has already been freshly erased.
4. Click on the Restore tab in the DU main window.
5. Select the destination volume from the left side list and drag it to the Destination entry field.
6. Select the source volume from the left side list and drag it to the Source entry field.
7. Double-check you got it right, then click on the Restore button.
Destination means the internal drive on the computer mounted in TDM.
Source means the external FW drive.
If you can connect both computers by FW, then you could actually clone the system from the working computer to the one with the bad optical drive using the above procedure. Destination would be the computer with the bad optical drive booted into TDM. Source is the good computer that you boot normally.

Fire wire drive problem

Hey all,
I've got a problem when i plug in my firewire drive to my new MBP. It gives me the grey curtain of death. I've tried doing the usual like PVRAM and the PMU settings.
It started when I was trying to add a partition to the drive using disk utility. It got 90% of the way through and i got the curtain of death.
I've tried booting in Safe mode which won't appear to load, even after about 5 mins. I've tried booting of the CD, but when I plug the drive back in it just crashes again.
Basically I'd like to be able to stop it mounting so I can access it from the disk utility and try a repair. Failing that, a straight format.
Any suggestions welcome. Thanks in advance
Here is the error report:
Tue Dec 2 00:46:15 2008
panic(cpu 1 caller 0x001F9314): "jnl: mod block start: bufsize 512 not a multiple of block size 4096\n"@/SourceCache/xnu/xnu-1228.8.30/bsd/vfs/vfs_journal.c:2282
Backtrace (CPU 1), Frame : Return Address (4 potential args on stack)
0x2a3cb2a8 : 0x12b4c9 (0x45aaac 0x2a3cb2dc 0x1335ba 0x0)
0x2a3cb2f8 : 0x1f9314 (0x46c084 0x200 0x1000 0x0)
0x2a3cb348 : 0x332719 (0x4595d10 0x2bd46c30 0x0 0x200)
0x2a3cb3e8 : 0x33bb5c (0x6037804 0x1 0x0 0x2a3cb778)
0x2a3cb7a8 : 0x334123 (0x6037804 0x476e804 0x0 0x0)
0x2a3cb8b8 : 0x335b8b (0x0 0x60459a4 0x0 0x0)
0x2a3cb9a8 : 0x1f5c6e (0x4e5b260 0x6cd7510 0xbffffdd4 0x0)
0x2a3cb9f8 : 0x1df3e8 (0x4e5b260 0x6cd7510 0xbffffdd4 0x0)
0x2a3cbf28 : 0x1dfaa9 (0x4e8804c 0x2a3cbf48 0x60458e4 0x1)
0x2a3cbf78 : 0x3df09b (0x4e8804c 0x60458a0 0x60458e4 0x0)
0x2a3cbfc8 : 0x1a0767 (0x5c738c0 0x0 0x1a30b5 0x5c738c0)
No mapping exists for frame pointer
Backtrace terminated-invalid frame pointer 0xbffffe28
BSD process name corresponding to current thread: mount_hfs
Mac OS version:
9F2114
Kernel version:
Darwin Kernel Version 9.5.1: Fri Sep 19 16:19:24 PDT 2008; root:xnu-1228.8.30~1/RELEASE_I386
System model name: MacBookPro5,1 (Mac-F42D86C8)

SOLUTION for me from a number of folks at Apple Support (thanks Tim Curry).
Booted from MBPro installation disk, (OS 10.4.9 - perhaps OS 10.5 disk would work?). Launched Disk Utility, connected the external Seagate FreeAgent Desk 1.5T via the Firewire 800, and the drive and its 3 indented partitions appeared in Disk Utility's sidebar(no kernel panic). Two of the partitions had the new names I had assigned, but the third didn't, instead was a grayed out "disk5s4". Disk Utility verified the first two partitions, but the third yielded an error message "The underlying task reported failure on exit". Tim then had me erase and reformat only that partition, and all was well. The data in the first partition was available.
I have since erased and repartitioned the drive, just to start afresh, from the MBPro 10.5.6 Disk Utility with no problems.(not the installation disk)
So, I really do not know what went wrong...at first I assumed it was me, but Seagate says here http://seagate.custkb.com/seagate/crm/selfservice/search.jsp?DocId=204371
"Leopard (Mac OS X - 10.5) seems to be having problems reformatting external drives. This seems to be a common issue on Leopard that is seen on most brands of drives.
Note: This is not a problem with the External Drive. Rather, it is an issue with the Disk Utility found with Leopard." and goes on to suggest "Suggestions - If erasing/formatting the drive in Disk Utility fails, there are two options:
Note: If the Disk Utility Erase option fails, it may be necessary to move the external drive to a Windows system to repartition and reformat it. Click here to launch a video showing how to prepare an external drive using Windows Vista, or here for information in Windows XP.
Ensure that any/all installers (DMG) files are dismounted before trying to prepare an external drive. Simply drag these files to the Trash to proceed.
Reformat the drive on an older version of Mac OS X.
Boot off of the MacOS 10.4 DVD, access its Utilities Menu and prepare the external drive using Disk Utility.
Backup any data first, take the external drive to another Mac, launch Disk Utility and reformat the drive as Mac OS Extended or Mac OS Extended (Journaled).
If another version of Mac OS X is not available:
Open Finder > Applications > Utilities > Disk Utility
Click on the Partition tab
Click on the Current Volume Scheme drop-down menu and select One (1) partition.
Click Options. From the Partition Schemes provided:
Click on the GUID Partition Table radio button
-OR-
Click on the Apple Partition Map radio button
Click OK. Select other options as desired (e.g., Volume Name, Format, etc.).
Click Apply. The Partition Disk screen opens.
Click Partition. At this point, the volume dismounts from the desktop and the drive is partitioned and formatted.
Note: When Volumes are created, Time Machine may open asking if you would like to use the volume for backups. Click Cancel to proceed.
When finished, select the Disk Utility from the Apple Menu and choose Quit Disk Utility"
This morning, Apple http://support.apple.com/kb/TS2644?viewlocale=en_US
posted an article "Disk Utility: Unable to format disk 500 GB or larger" and gives the solution....
"Resolution
Format the disk in the following manner (as described in this article). Note: Simply erasing the drive without partitioning will not resolve the issue.
Back up your important data. Important: Partitioning a hard disk erases all data on the disk.
Open Disk Utility:
If you're started from a Mac OS X installation disc, choose Disk Utility from the Utilities menu.
If you're started from your computer's Mac OS X volume, open Disk Utility from the Utilities folder. You can get there by choosing Utilities from the Finder's Go menu.
Select the disk you want to erase.
Click the Partition tab in the Disk Utility window. If the partition tab is not visible, make sure you've selected the disk (not volume) in the left side of the window.
Tip: In Disk Utility, volume names are indented on the left side of the window. Disk names are not indented.
Choose the desired number of partitions from the Volume Scheme pop-up menu. It's OK to choose "1 Partition" if you only want one.
Click Options.
Note: On some Intel-based Macs, the Options button does not appear under the partition tab. Use the erase tab to erase the disk instead. This will change the partition scheme to the default "GUID Partition Scheme". You can then use the partition tab to create additional partitions if desired.
From the Partition Scheme pop-up menu, choose "GUID Partition Scheme".
Click OK.
Make any other changes you wish in the Volume Information section, such as partition size(s) or naming.
Click the Partition button to erase your disk and install the new partition scheme."
Cheers...Thanks for everyone's help....Don

Fire wire boot problem

I am the proud owner of a Mac Pro Intel, and just LOVE this machine.
The problem is that i can´t boot from an externat FireWire-drive containing a bootable system...
The same disc works fine to boot from using my other Mac Pro at work...
Does ANYONE know what can cause this problem???

I read problems like this and common - when OS X gets a new version - use to work and 10.6. broke support / works with USB but not FW / comes from [ LaCie, WD, Seagate, name-brand ] but standard Oxford based bridges are fine. LaCie had to issue firmware update AND driver (so might not work on virgin Apple system).
Still waiting to hear make/model of external drive case; the Mac Pro models; and the OS X version.
For the record in the past, sometimes Superduper was more reliable, CCC has gotten a lot more attention in the last year though finally (and about to be what it should have all along, $$ware instead of being treated as freeware).
So even though it has GUID and was formatted with latest OS used (and yes reformat helps when moving from Leo - Snow - Lion)
I would assume any drive case with FW (400? 400/800?) would also have USB2 if not quad interface (eSATA also, though most SATA interfaces for external drives are not bootable).
A Mac with a ATI 5770/5870 of course also needs 10.6.,5+ which is part of why there are minimum OS builds.

FIRE WIRE IEEE1394 FOR LAP TOP

I am trying to transfer videos from my sony Handycam to my laptop. Previously I did this with my desk top thru a Firewire but my lap top does not have a Firewire port. Sony will not transfer via USB. Is there any way I can add a Firewire to my laptop, either internally or externally?

Hi,
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http://h30434.www3.hp.com/t5/Notebook-Hardware/ieee-1394-fire-wire/m-p/4918307
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HP Pavilion Elite m9040n Desktop and Fire Wire 1394

I have the above mentioned Desktop. It has a 1394 plugin on the front of case. Does the Pavilion come with all the software to make fire wire work? I backed up my hard drive onto an Toshiba external disk with a USB cable the other day and it took 6 hours. Isn't fire wire suppost to transfer data faster than a USB cable? Is there any special things I need to know when buying fire wire 1394.
I was looking on the internet the other day and they showed fire wire with 4 and 6 pins. Looking into the hole on my computer it only looks like 3 pins?
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Rick, welcome to the forum.
There is no software necessary for Firewire (IEEE 1394a). The driver is installed with the OS.
Here is the Motherboard Specifictions page for the computer. It only shows that there is a Firewire (IEEE 1394a) port (# 11) in the Back I/O ports.
Here is an article that shows the comparison of speed of Firewire vs USB. Firewire was developed by Apple.
I hope this information answers your questions.
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Fire wire - # and number of pins?

I want to add an external drive to my mac mini (non intel), and I plan to do this with a fire wire connection. I have found that fire wire cables are defined by the number of pins (4 or 6) an number IEEE-1396 or 1394. I believe I need to buy a cable, IEEE-1394 with 6 pins on each end. Can anyone confirm this belief before I buy the cable.
Thank you for your comments.

Hi,
I admit I have never heard of IEEE 1396 before you posted it here.
However a quick googling came up with quite some hits.
To my knowledge (and from the Google hits) it seems that IEEE 1396 is used to determine a 6-pin to 6-pin cable connection, whereas IEEE 1394 is used for a 6-pin to 4-pin cable connection.
4-pin ports are usually only used with external devices, that don't need/want to draw power from the Firewire cable (like Digital cameras and the like) or computers (like Notebooks) that don't provide power over the Firewire cable.
Nonetheless the only 'official' name for Firewire of any kind is IEEE 1394 with the addition of small letters like 'a' 'b' or 'c' to distinguish the differences in speed (Firewire 400; Firewire 800).
So look at the Firewire ports you want to connect with the cable to determine which cable you need.
Take care and thanks for the star.
Stefan

What fire wire cable?

I want to attach a fire wire device to my new Mac mini. I can not find a cable with a connector that fits the little fire wire receptical on the Mac. The standard plug is 6 pin, the same as on my old FW800 Mac. So I bought a 6 pin to 4 pin, not right. The IEEE 1394 says there are 6 pin to 6 pin (which I have) , 6 pin to 4 pin, and 6 pin to 9 pin. Could the Mac have a 9 pin receptical?? I wouldn't ask but the cables are $8.00 each and the store won't take it back once it's ripped open.
Thanks Bob

Bob, there is a brief description of the options on this page:
http://thelightroomlab.com/2009/06/firewire-connectors-a-profusion-of-plugs/
Face with the same problem I chose to buy an adapter. I use it everyday to connect my TM backup drive. This is the one:
http://www.sonnettech.com/product/fw_adapter.html
I did have one problem using the adapter, which I reported here:
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=2125939&tstart=0

CAn we have a Fire wire Interface cable longer than 4.5 m

Can I have a fire wire interace cable longer than 4.5m. CVS manual Specifies that better signal intergrity it is better to use less than 4.5 m. But I Found from www.1394store.com that IEEE 1394 cable is available for 10m. If I use this will this work with CVS?

You may be able to use it, but I wouldn't guarantee it. I assume the cable will work with some firewire applications, otherwise the company wouldn't be able to sell it. It may only work at the lower data rates though, so if you are sending large volumes of data it may not work.
I would suggest looking into a repeater. You can use it to connect two 4.5m cables. It is powered from the firewire cable, so it isn't much trouble. You can chain three or four cables together using repeaters before you need to use a powered hub. Some repeaters even have a cable built in on one end. My only concern with a repeater would be making sure the cable stays plugged in.
Bruce
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Fire Wire 800 connections

Am thinking about getting an external hard drive that uses Fire Wire 800 connection. Than realized there is only 1 800 port on this G5. So if I wanted to use another 800 port, it doesn't exist. Not to worry say some, 800 devices can be chained. Not to worry say others, there are 800 hubs just like USB has hubs.
Are any of these truth? What are the facts?

I understand what you are saying. On the main-line computers you hook many devices to a selector channel BUT only one device at a time can perform I/O; on a multi-plexor channel all devices can function at a higher speed than on a selector BUT still not up to their maximum. I would be reluctant to chain a device that would be operating at the same time as another device in the chain.
If chaining is possible, you would need in AND out ports, shades of the SCSI, wouldn't you. I've seen several small (160-250GB) but only one showed me a picture and it appeared to have 1 each USB, 400, and 800 therefore, no way to chain. The others gave me no reason to think they had "out" ports.

How can i download video hdv minicassette footage from my sony video camera with no fire wire port?

How can I download video HDV minicassette footage from my sony video camera with no fire wire port?

Hi,
Are you talking about your computer which has no firewire port ? If YES you can have one of two options:
(a) Use FCI - Firewire card like this (preferred)
You can buy from this:
http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/2-Ports-PCI-Express-PCI-E-IEEE-1394A-Firewire-Adapter-Cable-Card-/1507023...
(b) You can also use USB-Firewaire adapter like this:
http://compare.ebay.com.au/like/120580625092?ltyp=AllFixedPriceItemTypes
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Core Audio Overload - Will a New Fire Wire Unit Help?

I use a G5 2.5Ghz Quad with 6GB of RAM and an Edirol FA-101. I'm finding that the 'Core Audio Overload' is becoming a huge irritant and I've tried multiple driver configurations in Logic Pro 7.2 to correct the problem.
Watching the performance, I had 64% of my processor power idle and 1.79GB of RAM free when it last occurred. Given that so much system resource is idle, my only conclusion is that my Edirol FA-101 is not adequate for the tasks I'm setting it. Before I spend the money, does anyone agree or am I barking up the wrong tree? Can Core Audio overload due to the sound unit being used?
I'm thinking of a Fire Wire 800 unit like the RME Fireface - if anyone has experience of FW800 units I'll be glad to hear from you and from anyone who knows whether it will help Core Audio process information in time.

I'm not using a seperate drive for my Logic files. I've worked through the link you posted on settings several times, and it's Steinberg's 'Halion Symphonic Orchestra' that's crippling my system. I watch the system performance as the song plays and the second core peaks out every time while the Disk I/O meter barely registers a blip which is why I haven't put anything onto a seperate drive, though I certainly shall be.
Will getting Logic projects on a seperate drive work to a greater extent for Core Audio? Halion Symphonic Orchestra uses huge files, but I can't understand why I have such a large amount of Idle system with the Core Audio Overload?
Would an RME Fireface not help Core Audio in its processing? If I can avoid the cost, I will. I'm even using a Pro Care appointment on Tuesday afternoon to see if there's anything else I can do, I'm that desperate!
If I move the Halion Symphonic Orchestra to a seperate drive and then the Logic files to another, would that be more benificial to system performance?
Beer anyone?

HDX 18/dv8t IEEE 1394/Fire Wire performance problem in Win 7

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