Comments on: FireWire Failures Spread like Wildfire http://maymay.net/blog/2004/11/02/firewire-failures-spread-like-wildfire/ The brutally honest, first-person account of Meitar Moscovitz's life. Wed, 10 Mar 2010 17:58:24 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Karl http://maymay.net/blog/2004/11/02/firewire-failures-spread-like-wildfire/comment-page-1/#comment-150 Karl Fri, 10 Dec 2004 15:55:49 +0000 /?p=104#comment-150 I have the same issue and cant resolve it, I have 2 Lacie drives a video camera and an ipod that all seem to have failed All was fine that the drives all stopped working within a week, one after the other. I changed the card in my Dell PC and no joy, I used the 4 leads I have and nothing and then tried my external devices on other computers and none mounted, not even my video camera. It seems that whatever I plug in is killing the port on that device not only is this frustrating but expensive, any ideas how to resolve this and are my ports really dead? I have the same issue and cant resolve it, I have 2 Lacie drives a video camera and an ipod that all seem to have failed

All was fine that the drives all stopped working within a week, one after the other. I changed the card in my Dell PC and no joy, I used the 4 leads I have and nothing and then tried my external devices on other computers and none mounted, not even my video camera. It seems that whatever I plug in is killing the port on that device not only is this frustrating but expensive, any ideas how to resolve this and are my ports really dead?

]]> By: Meitar http://maymay.net/blog/2004/11/02/firewire-failures-spread-like-wildfire/comment-page-1/#comment-48 Meitar Mon, 08 Nov 2004 22:44:39 +0000 /?p=104#comment-48 That's not a bad idea. Thanks. Unfortunately, that isn't significantly cheaper than getting sending the drive in to a repair shop. Still, it's nice to know that it's a simple procedure that I can do myself. :) That’s not a bad idea. Thanks. Unfortunately, that isn’t significantly cheaper than getting sending the drive in to a repair shop. Still, it’s nice to know that it’s a simple procedure that I can do myself. :)

]]> By: Anonymous http://maymay.net/blog/2004/11/02/firewire-failures-spread-like-wildfire/comment-page-1/#comment-44 Anonymous Wed, 03 Nov 2004 10:58:39 +0000 /?p=104#comment-44 "Trouble is, his drives only have a FireWire connection, so getting the data off those drives is going to end up costing a lot of money." It shouldn't. Just buy a USB 2.0 HD enclosure, then open all the failed external FW drives and remove the HDs and install them into the USB 2.0 HD enclosure one at at time. Or buy enough USB 2.0 enclosures to house all the drives. You don't have to use Firewire for drives with USB 2.0 now. “Trouble is, his drives only have a FireWire connection, so getting the data off those drives is going to end up costing a lot of money.”

It shouldn’t. Just buy a USB 2.0 HD enclosure, then open all the failed external FW drives and remove the HDs and install them into the USB 2.0 HD enclosure one at at time. Or buy enough USB 2.0 enclosures to house all the drives. You don’t have to use Firewire for drives with USB 2.0 now.

]]> By: Nick http://maymay.net/blog/2004/11/02/firewire-failures-spread-like-wildfire/comment-page-1/#comment-43 Nick Wed, 03 Nov 2004 01:27:29 +0000 /?p=104#comment-43 And I thought you were about to tell the world how YOU freaked me out. Why not do that next... Anyway, you used the word "died" and I am not sure if the iPod really is dead.... to be more accurate - it is suspicious now not to work, and to cause mulfunctioning of any firewire port it connects... That was really starnge, and I got no satisfatory explanation from the "experts" - all they decided to do is replace the logic board. And I thought you were about to tell the world how YOU freaked me out. Why not do that next… Anyway, you used the word “died” and I am not sure if the iPod really is dead…. to be more accurate – it is suspicious now not to work, and to cause mulfunctioning of any firewire port it connects… That was really starnge, and I got no satisfatory explanation from the “experts” – all they decided to do is replace the logic board.

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