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#1 2005-05-09 8:18 pm
- macmind
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Firewire Target disk through a PCI card?
G4 Sawtooth - The on board Firewire quit. I replaced it with an aftermarket PCI card. The system profiler sees it. BUT: I can't access Target disk mode. I'm told this only works via built-in Firewire.
WORSE: I can no longer use Firewire to network the computer (the Firewire port won't mount). Is this a PCI card address issue?
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#2 2005-05-10 1:20 am
- reece_james
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Re: Firewire Target disk through a PCI card?
Target Disk mode wont work and some PCI cards will *blowup or disable if you try and create a FW network.
*Lots of smoke and acid smell but not damaging to the machine.
Reece [/IMHO]
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#3 2005-05-11 12:54 pm
- macmind
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Re: Firewire Target disk through a PCI card?
not what I wanted to hear
but - is there a motherboard repair?
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#4 2005-05-11 4:45 pm
- NightCougar_37
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Re: Firewire Target disk through a PCI card?
Could try to just replace your board. ebay would have sawtooth boards.
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