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Drive won’t mount when firewire deck is attached
Has anyone else come across this problem? I’m editing at home with my laptop using a firewire 800 drive and a DSR 45. The firewire drive won’t mount unless I unplug the deck. I’ve had this problem intermittently over the years and was wondering if anyone had any suggestions.
Thanks!
Bob PierceMac Pro 2.66 – 8GB memory – Mac OS 10.5.2 – Quicktime 7.4.5 –
Mac Book Pro 2.33 Duo –
FC Studio 2 (Final Cut 6.0.3) – Kona Lhe
Adobe Production Suite CS3 –
Sony Multiformat 14″ – Panasonic 42″ Plasma –
Ikegami HLDV7 – PVW EX-1 -
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[Bob Pierce] ” I’ve had this problem intermittently over the years and was wondering if anyone had any suggestions. “
buy a FW card for your laptop.
it is a common problem
gary adcock
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can you add a firewire bus via the express 34 slot?
I have this issue with a clamshell dv deck and my AJA HD. Even though I have them on different buses (I added a bus when I purchased the AJA). My firewire drives work fine on this separate FW bus.
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Even if they worked together, your firewire bus will only communicate at the speed of the slowest device, so you won’t get fireware 800 throughput when the deck is attached.
The suggestion for a separate card, and thus a separate bus, will also give an additional speed benefit.
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Thanks Guys,
By a card, I assume you mean an express port firewire device?Mac Pro 2.66 – 8GB memory – Mac OS 10.5.2 – Quicktime 7.4.5 –
Mac Book Pro 2.33 Duo –
FC Studio 2 (Final Cut 6.0.3) – Kona Lhe
Adobe Production Suite CS3 –
Sony Multiformat 14″ – Panasonic 42″ Plasma –
Ikegami HLDV7 – PVW EX-1 -
Yes. Here’s an example (don’t know anything about this company or device; just so you can see what they look like).
https://www.nitroav.com/product/444/
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