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Apple Computing Products:
macOS - Notebook Hardware
Can't get the external hard drive to Mount
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<blockquote data-quote="louishen" data-source="post: 866432" data-attributes="member: 40142"><p>Its either one of two things</p><p></p><p>1. The firewire port is dead</p><p>Go to the menu an select <strong>About this Mac</strong>, then select<strong> More info</strong> in the window that pops up. Look for the firewire entry, if it gives you the spec for your firewire posrt then the port is OK.</p><p></p><p>2. Power</p><p>Are you running that G4 off its battery? It may not be able to give enough power to that external (the drive might be expecting 24V and the port may only be able to send 12V). Try it again with the Mac connected to the charger, if that doesn't help, can you power the drive with its own juice?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="louishen, post: 866432, member: 40142"] Its either one of two things 1. The firewire port is dead Go to the menu an select [B]About this Mac[/B], then select[B] More info[/B] in the window that pops up. Look for the firewire entry, if it gives you the spec for your firewire posrt then the port is OK. 2. Power Are you running that G4 off its battery? It may not be able to give enough power to that external (the drive might be expecting 24V and the port may only be able to send 12V). Try it again with the Mac connected to the charger, if that doesn't help, can you power the drive with its own juice? [/QUOTE]
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