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Mac 9600 w/Firewire
Has anyone tried using FireWire adapter cards/drives with this machine?
I've tried OS 8.6 through 9.1, the latter finally allowing the drive to appear on the desktop, but I could barely get the drive initialized (crashed during HFS+ initialization, rebooted and formatted it as HFS standard). Then it appeared to copy files O.K. from SCSI drives, but when I tried any larger files (like audio files, specifically), it would hang and force me to restart the computer. The card (Adaptec 4300) supports a 9600 running 8.6 or higher, but didn't come with any useful software or troubleshooting info. The drive (Acom 80GB external) had no Mac drivers in the box or online. Could memory be an issue? Is 128MB enough to do a simple transfer of files from SCSI to FireWire on a 9600 Mac, or does it even matter? -- Tim Luce " O phili mi boni belli, dominus forbiscum belli selli alias Dominus" |
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Mac 9600 w/Firewire
In article , "Tim Luce"
wrote: Has anyone tried using FireWire adapter cards/drives with this machine? I've tried OS 8.6 through 9.1, the latter finally allowing the drive to appear on the desktop, but I could barely get the drive initialized (crashed during HFS+ initialization, rebooted and formatted it as HFS standard). Then it appeared to copy files O.K. from SCSI drives, but when I tried any larger files (like audio files, specifically), it would hang and force me to restart the computer. The card (Adaptec 4300) supports a 9600 running 8.6 or higher, but didn't come with any useful software or troubleshooting info. The drive (Acom 80GB external) had no Mac drivers in the box or online. Could memory be an issue? Is 128MB enough to do a simple transfer of files from SCSI to FireWire on a 9600 Mac, or does it even matter? -- Tim Luce " O phili mi boni belli, dominus forbiscum belli selli alias Dominus" I have done this with no problem; make sure you are using the latest version of Firewire for your OS version. -- Jedd Haas - Artist http://www.gallerytungsten.com http://www.antijazz.com http://www.epsno.com |
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Mac 9600 w/Firewire
Make sure you put the FireWire card in one of the two buss master slots
available on the 9600 and it'll work fine. Rail ------------------------------------------------------------ Recording Engineer/Software Developer Rail Jon Rogut Software http://home.earthlink.net/~railro "Tim Luce" wrote in message ... Has anyone tried using FireWire adapter cards/drives with this machine? I've tried OS 8.6 through 9.1, the latter finally allowing the drive to appear on the desktop, but I could barely get the drive initialized (crashed during HFS+ initialization, rebooted and formatted it as HFS standard). Then it appeared to copy files O.K. from SCSI drives, but when I tried any larger files (like audio files, specifically), it would hang and force me to restart the computer. The card (Adaptec 4300) supports a 9600 running 8.6 or higher, but didn't come with any useful software or troubleshooting info. The drive (Acom 80GB external) had no Mac drivers in the box or online. Could memory be an issue? Is 128MB enough to do a simple transfer of files from SCSI to FireWire on a 9600 Mac, or does it even matter? -- Tim Luce " O phili mi boni belli, dominus forbiscum belli selli alias Dominus" |
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Mac 9600 w/Firewire
Tim, I had the same problems you are having. I tried the drivers
recommended by the retailer of the drive and firewire card. The driver recommended was a newer Apple driver. I did some research on the Apple webe site and found that I needed a certain driver that actually older than the one recommended. I installed that driver with OS 8.6 and the drive now works fine. This was after spending many hours trying different OS's and driver configurations. I would give you the needed driver info, but I don't have access to that machine right now. Hope this helps. Jim Tim Luce wrote: Has anyone tried using FireWire adapter cards/drives with this machine? I've tried OS 8.6 through 9.1, the latter finally allowing the drive to appear on the desktop, but I could barely get the drive initialized (crashed during HFS+ initialization, rebooted and formatted it as HFS standard). Then it appeared to copy files O.K. from SCSI drives, but when I tried any larger files (like audio files, specifically), it would hang and force me to restart the computer. The card (Adaptec 4300) supports a 9600 running 8.6 or higher, but didn't come with any useful software or troubleshooting info. The drive (Acom 80GB external) had no Mac drivers in the box or online. Could memory be an issue? Is 128MB enough to do a simple transfer of files from SCSI to FireWire on a 9600 Mac, or does it even matter? -- Tim Luce " O phili mi boni belli, dominus forbiscum belli selli alias Dominus" |
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Mac 9600 w/Firewire
Thanks to you all. I'll try the suggestions
Tim Luce " O phili mi boni belli, dominus forbiscum belli selli alias Dominus" |
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Mac 9600 w/Firewire
Rail,
Which of the 9600's slots are the two buss master slots? I was about to drop a FW card in an 8500 that has an Audiomedia 3 card in the slot closest to the power supply. Does it matter where the FW card goes in that model? Any possible side effects with the AM3? Thanks. David Correia Celebration Sound Warren, Rhode Island www.CelebrationSound.com In article k.net, Rail Jon Rogut wrote: Make sure you put the FireWire card in one of the two buss master slots available on the 9600 and it'll work fine. Rail ------------------------------------------------------------ Recording Engineer/Software Developer Rail Jon Rogut Software http://home.earthlink.net/~railro "Tim Luce" wrote in message ... Has anyone tried using FireWire adapter cards/drives with this machine? I've tried OS 8.6 through 9.1, the latter finally allowing the drive to appear on the desktop, but I could barely get the drive initialized (crashed during HFS+ initialization, rebooted and formatted it as HFS standard). |
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Mac 9600 w/Firewire
1 and 4 are the buss master slots in a 9600... I'm not that familiar with
the 8500. The 300MHz (and better) 9600 machine also had a better PCI controller card on the logic board than the lesser models. Rail ------------------------------------------------------------ Recording Engineer/Software Developer Rail Jon Rogut Software http://home.earthlink.net/~railro "david" wrote in message ... Rail, Which of the 9600's slots are the two buss master slots? I was about to drop a FW card in an 8500 that has an Audiomedia 3 card in the slot closest to the power supply. Does it matter where the FW card goes in that model? Any possible side effects with the AM3? Thanks. David Correia Celebration Sound Warren, Rhode Island www.CelebrationSound.com In article k.net, Rail Jon Rogut wrote: Make sure you put the FireWire card in one of the two buss master slots available on the 9600 and it'll work fine. Rail ------------------------------------------------------------ Recording Engineer/Software Developer Rail Jon Rogut Software http://home.earthlink.net/~railro "Tim Luce" wrote in message ... Has anyone tried using FireWire adapter cards/drives with this machine? I've tried OS 8.6 through 9.1, the latter finally allowing the drive to appear on the desktop, but I could barely get the drive initialized (crashed during HFS+ initialization, rebooted and formatted it as HFS standard). |
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Mac 9600 w/Firewire
A search with Google groups confirms that the 8500 allows only one bus
master card. usually the first position of the three is the master slot. Rail ------------------------------------------------------------ Recording Engineer/Software Developer Rail Jon Rogut Software http://home.earthlink.net/~railro "david" wrote in message ... Rail, Which of the 9600's slots are the two buss master slots? I was about to drop a FW card in an 8500 that has an Audiomedia 3 card in the slot closest to the power supply. Does it matter where the FW card goes in that model? Any possible side effects with the AM3? Thanks. David Correia Celebration Sound Warren, Rhode Island www.CelebrationSound.com In article k.net, Rail Jon Rogut wrote: Make sure you put the FireWire card in one of the two buss master slots available on the 9600 and it'll work fine. Rail ------------------------------------------------------------ Recording Engineer/Software Developer Rail Jon Rogut Software http://home.earthlink.net/~railro "Tim Luce" wrote in message ... Has anyone tried using FireWire adapter cards/drives with this machine? I've tried OS 8.6 through 9.1, the latter finally allowing the drive to appear on the desktop, but I could barely get the drive initialized (crashed during HFS+ initialization, rebooted and formatted it as HFS standard). |
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