[Venicerob]

Really weird thing just happened…So I decided to open up my tower to see if I could replace the FW PCI card myself..and since I had it opened, I decided to blow some compressed air through everything…It wasn’t that dusty since I regurarly keep my tower pretty clean..but wouldn’t you know, after I powered back up, my firewire ports work again…must’ve been a lil’ dust particle somewhere….

I guess the moral of the story is keep your insides clean…

Thanks for the time.

Rob

[Venicerob]

Thanks for the responses..

Yeah, I’ve done all of the regular quick fixes…Re-boot, disk utility (w/ usb connection), disk warrior, even zapped pram. I used to think it was a problem with the drive…but once I realized that my other external firewire and my ipod wouldn’t mount I’m thinking it’s either software or a hardware issue with my tower.

I’m not completely sure on the inner-workings of a G4, but are both firwire ports connected somehow?

Rob