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<blockquote data-quote="johnkaz" data-source="post: 847396" data-attributes="member: 68417"><p>So I have had 2 LaCie external firewire hard drives attached to my G4 PowerPC 867MHz. For some reason today my computer was just off. I don't think I turned it off. Weird. Anyways I go ahead and boot it back up and the drives are not recognized. Strange. They connect fine on my laptop. So I try everything I can think of:</p><p></p><p>- Power down, Unplug everything for 10 minutes, and then try and reboot</p><p>- Go into Open Firmware and reset NVRAM</p><p>- Reset PRAM</p><p></p><p>I'm not sure what else to do. When I open Disc Utility if there is no drive attached it immediately says: </p><p>FireWire Bus:</p><p></p><p> Maximum Speed: Up to 400 Mb/sec"</p><p></p><p>If even one drive is plugged in the little thing just spins as if it's searching for the drives and then 20 seconds later it gives me the same message -- it can't find the drives.</p><p></p><p>I am at a total loss for what else to do. Can I reset the two firewire ports? I have Googled and tried what feels like every conceivable solution so I welcome any suggestions!!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="johnkaz, post: 847396, member: 68417"] So I have had 2 LaCie external firewire hard drives attached to my G4 PowerPC 867MHz. For some reason today my computer was just off. I don't think I turned it off. Weird. Anyways I go ahead and boot it back up and the drives are not recognized. Strange. They connect fine on my laptop. So I try everything I can think of: - Power down, Unplug everything for 10 minutes, and then try and reboot - Go into Open Firmware and reset NVRAM - Reset PRAM I'm not sure what else to do. When I open Disc Utility if there is no drive attached it immediately says: FireWire Bus: Maximum Speed: Up to 400 Mb/sec" If even one drive is plugged in the little thing just spins as if it's searching for the drives and then 20 seconds later it gives me the same message -- it can't find the drives. I am at a total loss for what else to do. Can I reset the two firewire ports? I have Googled and tried what feels like every conceivable solution so I welcome any suggestions!! [/QUOTE]
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