WD Hard Drive doesn't work via Fire Wire to Mac OSX Lion or Mountain Lion.

I have a 1 terrabyte WD Hard Drive that works perfectly fine connected to Snow Leopard but isn't even recognized by any Mac running Mountain lion!!!
How do I fix this?????

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oilgong wrote:
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[ 115.359692] sd 5:0:0:0: [sdc] No Caching mode page present
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hi, everyone
i have a usb 3.0 hard drive and a laptop with usb 3.0 port.
when the hard drive is connected to the usb 3.0 port, the drive could not be found.
the dmesg output is listed below.
additinal info:
1) the usb 3.0 hard drive can be found when connected to usb 2.0 port.
2) the usb 2.0 hard drive can be found when connected to usb 3.0 port.
3) mouse works when connected to the usb 3.0 port.
it seems that it is not the linux driver's problem, because the mouse could work and the hard drive is found due to the dmesg.
is this a bug?
would someone help me?
thank you!
dmesg out put when usb 3.0 hard drive is conneted to usb 3.0 port:
[ 646.077385] usb 2-2: new SuperSpeed USB device number 2 using xhci_hcd
[ 646.171319] usbcore: registered new interface driver uas
[ 646.175313] Initializing USB Mass Storage driver...
[ 646.175501] scsi4 : usb-storage 2-2:1.0
[ 646.175665] usbcore: registered new interface driver usb-storage
[ 646.175667] USB Mass Storage support registered.
[ 657.149403] scsi 4:0:0:0: Direct-Access WD My Passport 0730 1016 PQ: 0 ANSI: 6
[ 657.149974] sd 4:0:0:0: [sdb] 976707584 512-byte logical blocks: (500 GB/465 GiB)
[ 657.150223] sd 4:0:0:0: [sdb] Write Protect is off
[ 657.150232] sd 4:0:0:0: [sdb] Mode Sense: 47 00 10 08
[ 657.150456] sd 4:0:0:0: [sdb] No Caching mode page present
[ 657.150462] sd 4:0:0:0: [sdb] Assuming drive cache: write through
[ 657.151436] sd 4:0:0:0: [sdb] No Caching mode page present
[ 657.151440] sd 4:0:0:0: [sdb] Assuming drive cache: write through
[ 657.159907] sdb: sdb1
[ 657.160852] sd 4:0:0:0: [sdb] No Caching mode page present
[ 657.160858] sd 4:0:0:0: [sdb] Assuming drive cache: write through
[ 657.160861] sd 4:0:0:0: [sdb] Attached SCSI disk
[ 657.268875] usb 2-2: Device not responding to set address.
[ 657.471456] usb 2-2: Device not responding to set address.
[ 657.674211] usb 2-2: device not accepting address 2, error -71
[ 657.780745] usb 2-2: Device not responding to set address.
[ 657.983519] usb 2-2: Device not responding to set address.
[ 658.186214] usb 2-2: device not accepting address 2, error -71
[ 658.292717] usb 2-2: Device not responding to set address.
[ 658.495537] usb 2-2: Device not responding to set address.
[ 658.698277] usb 2-2: device not accepting address 2, error -71
[ 658.804774] usb 2-2: Device not responding to set address.
[ 659.007557] usb 2-2: Device not responding to set address.
[ 659.210298] usb 2-2: device not accepting address 2, error -71
[ 659.210366] usb 2-2: USB disconnect, device number 2
[ 659.213797] sd 4:0:0:0: [sdb] Unhandled error code
[ 659.213804] sd 4:0:0:0: [sdb]
[ 659.213808] Result: hostbyte=0x01 driverbyte=0x00
[ 659.213812] sd 4:0:0:0: [sdb] CDB:
[ 659.213814] cdb[0]=0x28: 28 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 08 00
[ 659.213826] end_request: I/O error, dev sdb, sector 0
[ 659.213830] Buffer I/O error on device sdb, logical block 0
[ 659.214647] xhci_hcd 0000:00:14.0: xHCI xhci_drop_endpoint called with disabled ep ffff8800b375fe40
[ 659.214656] xhci_hcd 0000:00:14.0: xHCI xhci_drop_endpoint called with disabled ep ffff8800b375fe00
[ 659.320085] usb 2-2: Device not responding to set address.
[ 659.522884] usb 2-2: Device not responding to set address.
[ 659.725646] usb 2-2: device not accepting address 3, error -71
[ 659.832077] usb 2-2: Device not responding to set address.
[ 660.034905] usb 2-2: Device not responding to set address.
[ 660.237663] usb 2-2: device not accepting address 4, error -71
[ 660.344135] usb 2-2: Device not responding to set address.
[ 660.546938] usb 2-2: Device not responding to set address.
[ 660.749642] usb 2-2: device not accepting address 5, error -71
[ 660.856129] usb 2-2: Device not responding to set address.
[ 661.058946] usb 2-2: Device not responding to set address.
[ 661.261701] usb 2-2: device not accepting address 6, error -71
[ 661.261722] hub 2-0:1.0: unable to enumerate USB device on port 2
Last edited by wangsiyuan (2012-10-09 15:30:05)

tail -f /var/log/messages.log is similar to the dmesg.
1) I have a usb 2.0 hard drive which could use the usb 3.0 port.
2) I remeber x230 with windows XP could use my usb 3.0 hard drive with the usb 3.0 port
3) so, it is a problem of archlinux rather than hardware?
thank you!
output of tail -f /var/log/messages.log:
Sep 28 22:00:15 siyuan kernel: [ 1631.021315] usb 4-2: new SuperSpeed USB device number 2 using xhci_hcd
Sep 28 22:00:15 siyuan kernel: [ 1631.115610] usbcore: registered new interface driver uas
Sep 28 22:00:16 siyuan kernel: [ 1631.125728] Initializing USB Mass Storage driver...
Sep 28 22:00:16 siyuan kernel: [ 1631.125929] scsi4 : usb-storage 4-2:1.0
Sep 28 22:00:16 siyuan kernel: [ 1631.126079] usbcore: registered new interface driver usb-storage
Sep 28 22:00:16 siyuan kernel: [ 1631.126081] USB Mass Storage support registered.
Sep 28 22:00:27 siyuan kernel: [ 1642.100134] scsi 4:0:0:0: Direct-Access WD My Passport 0730 1016 PQ: 0 ANSI: 6
Sep 28 22:00:27 siyuan kernel: [ 1642.100581] sd 4:0:0:0: [sdb] 976707584 512-byte logical blocks: (500 GB/465 GiB)
Sep 28 22:00:27 siyuan kernel: [ 1642.100852] sd 4:0:0:0: [sdb] Write Protect is off
Sep 28 22:00:27 siyuan kernel: [ 1642.111571] sdb: sdb1
Sep 28 22:00:27 siyuan kernel: [ 1642.112643] sd 4:0:0:0: [sdb] Attached SCSI disk
Sep 28 22:00:27 siyuan kernel: [ 1642.219396] usb 4-2: Device not responding to set address.
Sep 28 22:00:27 siyuan kernel: [ 1642.422078] usb 4-2: Device not responding to set address.
Sep 28 22:00:27 siyuan kernel: [ 1642.731298] usb 4-2: Device not responding to set address.
Sep 28 22:00:27 siyuan kernel: [ 1642.934099] usb 4-2: Device not responding to set address.
Sep 28 22:00:28 siyuan kernel: [ 1643.243323] usb 4-2: Device not responding to set address.
Sep 28 22:00:28 siyuan kernel: [ 1643.446148] usb 4-2: Device not responding to set address.
Sep 28 22:00:28 siyuan kernel: [ 1643.755321] usb 4-2: Device not responding to set address.
Sep 28 22:00:28 siyuan kernel: [ 1643.958170] usb 4-2: Device not responding to set address.
Sep 28 22:00:29 siyuan kernel: [ 1644.160978] usb 4-2: USB disconnect, device number 2
Sep 28 22:00:29 siyuan kernel: [ 1644.162815] xhci_hcd 0000:00:14.0: xHCI xhci_drop_endpoint called with disabled ep ffff8800c41dae40
Sep 28 22:00:29 siyuan kernel: [ 1644.162820] xhci_hcd 0000:00:14.0: xHCI xhci_drop_endpoint called with disabled ep ffff8800c41dae00
Sep 28 22:00:29 siyuan kernel: [ 1644.267359] usb 4-2: Device not responding to set address.
Sep 28 22:00:29 siyuan kernel: [ 1644.470263] usb 4-2: Device not responding to set address.
Sep 28 22:00:29 siyuan kernel: [ 1644.779375] usb 4-2: Device not responding to set address.
Sep 28 22:00:29 siyuan kernel: [ 1644.982208] usb 4-2: Device not responding to set address.
Sep 28 22:00:30 siyuan kernel: [ 1645.291402] usb 4-2: Device not responding to set address.
Sep 28 22:00:30 siyuan kernel: [ 1645.494307] usb 4-2: Device not responding to set address.
Sep 28 22:00:30 siyuan kernel: [ 1645.803400] usb 4-2: Device not responding to set address.
Sep 28 22:00:30 siyuan kernel: [ 1646.006252] usb 4-2: Device not responding to set address.
broken pipe wrote:
is it a 2,5" drive with no external power supply?
run: tail -f /var/log/messages.log
and plug in your device, any other errors in log files?

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I have a the blackbook and a 200GB Cintre ZDisc External Hard Drive. When I connect the EHD to my Macbook, I can view all the files on it, but when I try opening or copying one to my computer (they're mostly videos and mp3's), the program will open and the spinning rainbow wheel comes up, but the file won't play and the program freezes.
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Is your external formated using NTFS, if that is, then that could be the problem.
Try to get info on your external. Or if it is connect to your pc now, go to my computer, right click and select properties, and see what kind of format that EHD has.
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Be advised Fat 32 is not support file bigger than 4 Gb, so you might encounter problem when saving or moving file that bigger than the 4 Gb limit.
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The following issue is happening to two other mac users that i know and its quite frustrating.
So if an external hard drive is not ejected properly from a mac, it then cannot be recognised by any other Mac’s. This issue is not isolated to just one external hard drive.
Then if i plug the external hard drive/s into my 8 year old Dell (PC) it works fine.
Further to this when i check the hidden files on the PC it looks as though Old Apple imbeds the external HD with a bunch of useless hidden files, once these are all deleted it miraculously works again on the Mac’s.
Too bad if you only have a Mac Because if the Mac disk utility can read the External HD it says that the disk has crashed and needs to be replaced.
Nice one Apple...
So now for my questions.
Why does mac add hidden files to an external hard drive when not ejected properly that prevents it from operating again on a Mac ?!!!!
How do i prevent apple from adding these hidden files?

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