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Old 10th September 2008   #1
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Question firewire ports problem on a mac G5, weird...

on my dual 2.5 G5 the 2 firewire ports in the back (800 & 400) I can only use one at the time, whatever I connect first cancels the other port !?!?!?
the 400 in the front is working fine
any clues?
hardware, software?

thanks
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on my dual 2.5 G5 the 2 firewire ports in the back (800 & 400) I can only use one at the time, whatever I connect first cancels the other port !?!?!?
the 400 in the front is working fine
any clues?
hardware, software?

thanks
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or get a pci firewire card. thats what i had to do on my brand new g5. this is a long standing g5 issue.
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