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    external firewire drive not seen in tiger

    I am starting to realize this. The tech guy from Lacie is supposed to be calling me soon - so maybe he will have some fix....I'll keep you posted. The only other thing I was going to try was to mount the hard drive using usb. Unfortunately I don't have a spare power supply. I am hoping a...
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    external firewire drive not seen in tiger

    Oh - and I have the latest updates.... I've contacted Lacie too - maybe they have a history on these drives. I'll have to wait til monday for a respose though.
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    external firewire drive not seen in tiger

    Not sure. I don't have anything else FW to check with. Brand new imac. I've only had it since Christmas. Had to take it in for repair for faulty cd/dvd drive though. Maybe I have a lemon? If there is nothing else in the os to check - then I'll have to take it in I guess.
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    external firewire drive not seen in tiger

    tiger at home. (doesn't work here ) panther at work. (works fine here) Please read my first post and then you'll be up to speed with all that I have been able to diagnose.
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    external firewire drive not seen in tiger

    Tried this too....Nope! Argh! I unplugged the cord - let it sit for 20 min - powered up - then plugged in the fw drive. Same as before - the light on the front of the drive lights up for a second but then goes out. It's like it gives the drive power for a second - but then doesn't bother to...
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    external firewire drive not seen in tiger

    No - Drive is not faulty - I took it into a mac dealer had them try it on their mac - also running tiger - and it saw it just fine. Showed on the desktop and everything. That's when I knew that the cord was also not faulty. He was the one that suggested that I repair the disk...
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    external firewire drive not seen in tiger

    Tried your suggestions, no dice! I checked the finder - all the checkmarks are on. In Disk Utility - it doesn't see the pocket drive. I checked Lacie - I have all the latest drivers as they were installed in my os. Anything else I can try?
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    external firewire drive not seen in tiger

    I have an imac g5 (pre intel) and a Lacie 20 gig Pocketdrive Firewire. I cannot get the drive to be seen in tiger. I have tried repairing the disk permissions - in disk utlility, I have checked the cord ( I know it works) and I have checked the drive (works fine at work on panther (at work) -...
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