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Article #46Re: ipod, itunes and external firewire drive problem.
From: moll
Date: Tue, 14 Oct 2003 11:47
Date: Tue, 14 Oct 2003 11:47
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On Tue, 14 Oct 2003 01:59:34 +0000, David C. wrote: > "moll" <max@hotmail.com> writes: >> >> .. and now it has stopped working again. Bugger. I'm pretty sure >> its the pass-through on the Lacie drive. Still looking for an >> 800=>400 cable... > > Hmmm... > > By any chance, does the iPod go unavailable when the LaCie drive goes > into a power-saving mode (after a period of idle time)? > > I seem to remember reading that some drives have this problem - where > the pass-through port becomes inactive whenever the drive is asleep. > > See if the iPod works when hooked directly up to the Mac. If it has > no problems in that situation, you might want to consider a FireWire > hub instead of the external drive's pass-through port. > > -- David thanks for the suggestion... I'm sure it IS sth like that. I'll keep you posted. But it is also quite complicated because I can't discern an obvious pattern. I'm putting off the expense of a hub for the time being. (it's working again btw!!)
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: fb802,743179c2f99093a6 X-Google-Attributes: gidfb802,public X-Google-Thread: fc20b,743179c2f99093a6 X-Google-Attributes: gidfc20b,public X-Google-Thread: f8d8e,743179c2f99093a6 X-Google-Attributes: gidf8d8e,public X-Google-Thread: 10b5e3,743179c2f99093a6 X-Google-Attributes: gid10b5e3,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2003-10-14 04:50:04 PST Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!archiver1.google.com!news2.google.com!news.maxwell.syr.edu!in.100proofnews.com!in.100proofnews.com!news02.tsnz.net!newsfeed01.tsnz.net!news.xtra.co.nz!news.mel.connect.com.au!news.netspace.net.au!newsfeed.iinet.net.au!newsfeed.iinet.net.au!freenews.iinet.net.au!not-for-mail From: "moll" <max@hotmail.com> Subject: Re: ipod, itunes and external firewire drive problem. Date: Tue, 14 Oct 2003 19:47:35 +0800 User-Agent: Pan/0.13.3 (That cat's something I can't explain) Message-ID: <pan.2003.10.14.11.47.33.807323@hotmail.com> Newsgroups: uk.comp.sys.mac,comp.sys.mac,aus.computers.mac,alt.comp.os.mac References: <pan.2003.10.10.07.36.27.810139@hotmail.com> <pan.2003.10.11.09.58.30.274848@hotmail.com> <pan.2003.10.13.00.37.45.826135@hotmail.com> <m2smlwpoje.fsf@qqqq.invalid> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Lines: 29 NNTP-Posting-Host: 203.59.113.147 X-Trace: 1066132055 freenews.iinet.net.au 23607 203.59.113.147