Firewire Fizzle

[Zane Barker]

Sounds like your firewire bus may have gotten fried some how. I would make an appointment at your nearest Apple Store and let then verify that it is hardware. If it is you will need to have the logic board replaced.

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[John Nelson]

Hi Zane,

Thanks for your reply. Hope this isn’t the case. Read over on the Apple forum that a ‘SMU’ reset button may fix the problem. Will try that first before going into sticker shock over a new logic board… Film at eleven…

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[John Nelson]

Zane,
That did it. Resetting the SMU button did the trick. And it didn’t hurt (I hope) by cleaning out 6 months of dust from the guts either :}

Thanks again for your input.
John

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[Craig Alan]

other things that may work too is resetting pram. and unplugging all including power cord, waiting a bit then replugging. port isolator cord can prevent frying. this is a good idea before applecare runs out. on cheaper macs firewire is connected to mother board so fixing it is big bucks. on a pro you can always add another card.

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