"Edmund" wrote in message
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On Mon, 22 Sep 2008 16:56:28 +0100, Gareth Magennis wrote:
Hi,
I have a MOTU firewire audio interface the the owner says he plugged the
firewire cable into the wrong way round. It now does not communicate
with the computer.
Is it possible/likely to damage the interface circuitry this way?
The firewire chip from Sony is designed to burn at the slightest
thing that can go wrong, varying from wearing nylon clothes or
disconnecting the firewire connection.
This is happening all the time with the sony camcorders.
Many other camcorders are protected and last forever just like the
$ 10.00 firewire prints for computers.
The bad news is that sony makes this chip for other companies too.
( some Canon camcorders have the same chip and the same problem )
Cheers
Gareth.
Edmund
Thanks. MOTU use this chip
http://www.datasheetcatalog.com/data...TSB41AB2.shtml
Texas Instruments TSB41AB2.
Gareth.