iPod won't sync anymore (firewire dead)
Hey I was wondering if anyone has had a problem with this. My iPod was working great for about two months, and suddenly it won't sync with iTunes anymore.
In fact, no disk utilities recognize it anymore and I just notice that my external firewire cd burner isn't working anymore either. So the problem is definitely firewire on my mac.
Anyone know why this might have stopped working and how to fix it? I did recently install 10.1.3, but I believe firewire randomly stopped working just before that.
When I boot into single user mode and run fsck it finds a problem with firewire (I don't remember the exact text), but then seems to fix it. Running fsck again immediately does not bring up the error anymore, but firewire devices still won't work.
I've tried different firewire ports and cables, and my ipod works fine on another computer. By the way, i;ve got the G4 400 tower with 832 of ram running os x 10.1.3.
Any suggestions on how to fix this?
thanks!
In fact, no disk utilities recognize it anymore and I just notice that my external firewire cd burner isn't working anymore either. So the problem is definitely firewire on my mac.
Anyone know why this might have stopped working and how to fix it? I did recently install 10.1.3, but I believe firewire randomly stopped working just before that.
When I boot into single user mode and run fsck it finds a problem with firewire (I don't remember the exact text), but then seems to fix it. Running fsck again immediately does not bring up the error anymore, but firewire devices still won't work.
I've tried different firewire ports and cables, and my ipod works fine on another computer. By the way, i;ve got the G4 400 tower with 832 of ram running os x 10.1.3.
Any suggestions on how to fix this?
thanks!
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Broken FireWire Phy, aborting Apple FWOHCI start()
Apple FWOHCI: 25af000 O Apple FWOHCI::free
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So basically, firewire seems to be failing at startup and it's not even on at all when I'm trying to use it!
But, there is probably a better way to go about it. If so, please someone kick me
<strong>Here are the errors I see when running fsck and show up when booting in verbose mode too:
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Broken FireWire Phy, aborting Apple FWOHCI start()
Apple FWOHCI: 25af000 O Apple FWOHCI::free
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So basically, firewire seems to be failing at startup and it's not even on at all when I'm trying to use it!</strong><hr></blockquote>
Do you have a hardware test cd for your computer? I'd run that if you have it. Otherwise, back up (kinda hard w/o a cd burner or use of your iPod) and reinstall.
In my case, there was something wrong with the OS, where X could not use them. Only recognize them in the Apple System Profiler.
In OS 9.1 I was able to get them both recognized (CD-Burner and iPod)