Report: FireWire Drive Failures

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Report: FireWire Failures

Report: FireWire Failures 06/02/2004 10:32 AM
LaCie hints at problems with certain Macintosh models and Firewire drives, while Mac OS X 10.3.4 solves one problem....

9/11 Report Assails Failures (Los
Angeles Times)

9/11 Report Assails Failures (Los
Angeles Times) 07/23/2004 04:35 AM
Los Angeles Times - WASHINGTON — The commission investigating the Sept. 11 attacks concluded Thursday that the U.S. government had been hobbled by "failures of imagination, policy, capabilities and management," and warned that sweeping reforms were needed to prevent another catastrophic terrorist strike.

New: EZQuest Boa 16x DVD+/- FireWire
drive

New: EZQuest Boa 16x DVD+/- FireWire
drive 08/20/2004 12:59 AM
EZQuest released the Boa 16x DVD+/- FireWire drive, which includes the ability to read and write 8.5 GB dual-layer DVD+R discs at 4x.

"the Senate intelligence report into the
CIA failures that led to the invasion of
Iraq"

"the Senate intelligence report into the
CIA failures that led to the invasion of
Iraq" 07/14/2004 10:19 PM

Iomega REV 35GB drive comes to Mac with
FireWire

Iomega REV 35GB drive comes to Mac with
FireWire 08/02/2004 08:35 AM
Iomega Corp. on Monday introduced a new version of its REV 35GB removable drive system with a FireWire interface. The new drive is aimed at Mac users looking for large-capacity back up and portable file storage using a mechanism that's based on hard drive media, not optical storage technology.

The FireWire/USB Hard Drive With USB,
UDH-UEH400

The FireWire/USB Hard Drive With USB,
UDH-UEH400 03/23/2005 04:53 AM

IO Data Device has come up with another hum-dinger. If you were to put an enormous hard drive inside a USB 2.0/FireWire casing, give it some blue LEDs, and add a USB port, you'd end up with the 400GB "UDH-UEH400." Not only does it connect by USB (or FireWire), but it has a USB port. If you're like me and have a single USB port on your computer, you certainly wouldn't want it being taken up by just a hard drive. Yeah, I know daisy chaining has been around for years and years with SCSI (and thus FireWire, its distant cousin), but I think this is one of the first applications of it I've seen in USB form. Somehow, it can even recognize USB devices if you connect the drive by FireWire. Don't ask me how that works; I didn't realize something like that was even possible.

Press Release [IO Data Device]

EZQuest debuts first FireWire 800 drive

EZQuest debuts first FireWire 800 drive 03/13/2003 02:07 PM

Mac drive makers help stamp out FireWire
flaw

Mac drive makers help stamp out FireWire
flaw 10/31/2003 01:57 PM
A number of hard drive manufacurers release patches designed to prevent a glitch that has caused some FireWire 800 drives to lose data when used with the new version of Mac OS X.

Message for FireWire 800 disk drive
users

Message for FireWire 800 disk drive
users 11/01/2003 09:48 PM

Kanguru ships FireWire flash drive

Kanguru ships FireWire flash drive 09/09/2004 12:31 PM
Millis, Mass.-based storage peripheral maker Kanguru Solutions on Thursday announced that it is shipping its previously announced FireWire-based Fire Flash drive, a portable flash media drive that uses a six-pin FireWire interface to transfer data to and from a host Mac or PC. The device measures three inches long and is available in capacities ranging from 128MB to 1GB, with prices ranging from US$69.95 to $279.95 depending on capacity. The Fire Flash comes with a four-pin adapter for computers that need it, and a desktop docking station.

Kanguru Releases First FireWire Flash
Drive

Kanguru Releases First FireWire Flash
Drive 09/14/2004 07:14 AM
Slashdot Sep 14 2004 10:22AM GMT

OWC adds 250GB external FireWire drive

OWC adds 250GB external FireWire drive 03/14/2003 02:10 PM
Other World Computing (OWC) today announced the addition of a 250GB drive to its popular line of Mercury Elite Pro external FireWire storage solutions...

Mac drive makers patch FireWire flaw

Mac drive makers patch FireWire flaw 11/03/2003 05:53 PM

Iomega unveils 400GB, Firewire 800 drive

Iomega unveils 400GB, Firewire 800 drive 12/22/2004 01:11 AM
Firewire 400, USB 2.0 built in too

OWC announces 250GB FireWire drive, also
cuts prices

OWC announces 250GB FireWire drive, also
cuts prices 03/14/2003 02:10 PM

News: OWC offers dual-drive FireWire 800
RAID

News: OWC offers dual-drive FireWire 800
RAID 06/22/2005 02:33 AM
OWC has introduced a new external dual-drive FireWire 800 RAID storage system.

MCE ships portable Dual-Layer DVD
FireWire drive

MCE ships portable Dual-Layer DVD
FireWire drive 02/01/2005 09:55 PM
MCE Technologies on Monday shipped Lucid M8X, a portable FireWire 400 DVD drive compatible with DVD+/-R/RW and CD-R/RW media, including Dual-Layer DVD+R discs. It can write Dual-Layer media at 2.4x speed and the various flavors of single-layer DVD discs at 8x speed, with CD-R and CR-RW burn speeds as fast as 24x. It can draw power over any FireWire port except those that are added on through a CardBus or PCI slot; the latter requires an AC adapter, which is sold separately. The Lucid M8X sells for US$279 and requires Mac OS X v10.3.6. Roxio Toast Lite software is included.

MCE ships portable FireWire 8x
Double-Layer DVD drive

MCE ships portable FireWire 8x
Double-Layer DVD drive 02/01/2005 09:21 PM
MCE Technologies today announced the Lucid M8X portable FireWire DVD+/-R/RW Double-Layer Drive...

How Fast Does A USB 2.0 Drive Go On The
Newest Macs? How Does It Compare To
FireWire?

How Fast Does A USB 2.0 Drive Go On The
Newest Macs? How Does It Compare To
FireWire? 05/09/2004 06:39 PM
By Bare Feats (via MyAppleMenu)

Apple to address Panther/FireWire drive
problems

Apple to address Panther/FireWire drive
problems 10/30/2003 09:21 PM
Apple on Thursday responded to concerns that Mac OS X 10.3 Panther disables external FireWire hard drives...

WiebeTech offers dual drive FireWire 800
enclosure

WiebeTech offers dual drive FireWire 800
enclosure 05/19/2004 10:18 AM
WiebeTech today announced the DuoGB800, a new dual drive enclosure with FireWire 800, FireWire 400, and USB 2.0 interfaces...

MicroNet intros PlatinumXL 800GB
FireWire 800 drive

MicroNet intros PlatinumXL 800GB
FireWire 800 drive 05/24/2004 02:19 PM
Micronet Technology today announced the PlatinumXL line of high capacity external drives...

FireWire Depot offers new 2.5" hard
drive enclosure

FireWire Depot offers new 2.5" hard
drive enclosure 12/03/2003 07:19 PM
FireWire Depot today introduced the Speedzter2-800, a new 2.5-inch hard drive enclosure that sports both FireWire 800 and USB 2.0 connectivity...

LaCie Porsche Mobile Hard Drive USB
2.0/FireWire

LaCie Porsche Mobile Hard Drive USB
2.0/FireWire 01/04/2005 06:46 AM
ZDNet UK Jan 4 2005 11:01AM GMT

Kanguru to ship FireWire Flash drive in
late Aug.

Kanguru to ship FireWire Flash drive in
late Aug. 08/02/2004 01:54 PM
Kanguru Solutions has announced that it will ship its new Kanguru Fire Flash, a three-inch FireWire Flash drive, in late August. The Kanguru Fire Flash uses a 6-pin connection and transfers data at 400MB per second. It will be available in capacities ranging from 128MB to 1GB, with prices starting at US$69.95 and running up to $299.95, and will ship with a 4-pin adapter for use with PCs, a neck strap and a FireWire extender cable.

EZQuest introduces Cobra+ FireWire 800
hard drive

EZQuest introduces Cobra+ FireWire 800
hard drive 03/13/2003 12:53 PM
EZQuest today announced the release of its first 1394B product -- the Cobra+ FireWire 800 external hard drive...

Maxtor offers OneTouch FireWire drive
update

Maxtor offers OneTouch FireWire drive
update 01/07/2004 06:45 PM
Maxtor has announced a software update that allows its OneTouch FireWire external storage drive to become a boot drive on the Mac OS...

A Special Message For Firewire 800 Disk
Drive Users

A Special Message For Firewire 800 Disk
Drive Users 10/31/2003 01:39 AM
Apple has identified an issue with external FireWire hard drives using the Oxford 922 bridge chip-set with firmware version 1.02 that can result in the loss of data stored on the disk drive. Apple is working with Oxford Semiconductor and affected drive manufacturers to resolve this issue which resides in the Oxford 922 chip-set. In the interim, Apple recommends that you do not use these drives. To stop using the drive, you should unmount or eject the disk drive before doing anything else. Please check this web page for further updates. (Apple via MyAppleMenu)

Apple to address Panther, external
FireWire drive issues

Apple to address Panther, external
FireWire drive issues 10/30/2003 09:21 PM
Apple Computer Inc. has responded to concerns from its users that Mac OS X Panther disables or corrupts files on external FireWire 800 hard disks. Users began reporting the issues to Apple shortly after the release of the operating system on October 24, 2003.

Apple To Address Panther, External
FireWire Drive Issues

Apple To Address Panther, External
FireWire Drive Issues 10/30/2003 08:16 PM
"Apple has identified an issue with external FireWire hard drives using the Oxford 922 bridge chip-set with firmware version 1.02 that can result in the loss of data stored on the disk drive." By Jim Darlymple (MacCentral via MyAppleMenu)

Report: FireWire

Report: FireWire 07/12/2004 11:01 AM
success with Second Wave SCSI-FireWire adapter

Report: USB/FireWire Cards

Report: USB/FireWire Cards 03/06/2004 02:07 AM
mixed experiences with different cards, plus sleep issue

Report: FireWire Devices

Report: FireWire Devices 07/09/2004 10:11 AM
iSight interference with other devices; SprintScan unsupported by SCSI adapter

Report: FireWire Disk Damage

Report: FireWire Disk Damage 05/10/2004 10:23 AM
drive disappears after PowerBook connection

Panther/FireWire Drive Issue: More
Firmware Updates; Public Statements,
Frequently Asked Questions; More

Panther/FireWire Drive Issue: More
Firmware Updates; Public Statements,
Frequently Asked Questions; More 11/05/2003 05:56 PM
(MacFixIt via MyAppleMenu)

Panther/FireWire Drive Problems: Apple's
Statement; More Firmware Updates; LaCie
Comments; Recommendations; More

Panther/FireWire Drive Problems: Apple's
Statement; More Firmware Updates; LaCie
Comments; Recommendations; More 11/06/2003 08:32 PM
Our reports on FireWire hard drive problems with Panther continue today with updated announcements from Apple, additional statements and firmware updates from drive vendors, comments and information from LaCie, and some more MacFixIt recommendations. (MacFixIt via MyAppleMenu)

FireWire Depot intros FireWire optical
repeater

FireWire Depot intros FireWire optical
repeater 09/22/2004 02:19 AM
FireWire Depot has introduced the Newnex FireNEX-MX, an optical repeater for transmitting FireWire 400 and 800 data signals over multi mode optical fiber cable up to 3,280 feet long. It's slightly larger than a deck of cards and contains two 6-pin FireWire 400 ports and one FireWire 800 port. According to the FireWire Depot Web site, the Newnex FireNEX-MX will be in stock on Oct. 11 for US$850, with optical cables available in lengths from 32 to 3,280 feet, starting at $65.

Report: Financial Help Will Drive Health
IT

Report: Financial Help Will Drive Health
IT 07/21/2004 04:53 PM
Federal health care leaders call for grants, loans and bonuses to speed the adoption of electronic medical records—along with the building of regional collaborations and more personalization of health care.

Tough times for hard-drive companies,
report says

Tough times for hard-drive companies,
report says 05/27/2004 06:16 PM

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LaCie boosts Mobile Hard Drive capacity

LaCie boosts Mobile Hard Drive capacity 09/13/2004 01:05 PM
LaCie today announced that it has updated its FA Porsche-designed Mobile Hard Drive with 100GB storage capacity and both FireWire and USB 2.0 interfaces...

New: LaCie d2 Hard Drive Extreme with
Triple Interface

New: LaCie d2 Hard Drive Extreme with
Triple Interface 09/22/2004 10:12 AM
LaCie's d2 Hard Drive Extreme with Triple Interface is a new series of external hard drives that offer 7200 RPM/8 MB drives up to 250GB in aluminum alloy cases with FireWire 800, FireWire 400, and USB 2.0 Hi-Speed interfaces.

LaCie unveils Biometric Control Access
hard drive

LaCie unveils Biometric Control Access
hard drive 06/22/2005 02:22 AM
LaCie today unveiled its new compact SAFE Mobile Hard Drive with biometric technology -- fingerprint authentication grants access to the drive...

LaCie - Bigger Disk - largest hard drive
capacity available

LaCie - Bigger Disk - largest hard drive
capacity available 01/16/2004 01:04 PM
More storage than you know what to do with .. $1200 LaCie Terabyte external hard drive .. a hard disk that holds one terabyte .. LaCie Bigger Disk .. Take a look here

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LaCie Introduces Largest and Fastest
External Hard Drive:The 1.6 Terabyte
Bigger Disk Extreme

LaCie Introduces Largest and Fastest
External Hard Drive:The 1.6 Terabyte
Bigger Disk Extreme 07/14/2004 03:23 AM
- Professional choice for video/audio editing and imaging- Largest storage with up to 1.6 terabyte capacity- Fastest throughput for optimal editing - No setup required with built-in RAID 0 array [PRWEB Jul 14, 2004]

LaCie FireWire HD, designed by F. A.
Porsche

LaCie FireWire HD, designed by F. A.
Porsche 12/15/2003 01:16 AM
The LaCie FireWire HD, designed by F. A. Porsche is as much a work of art as it is functional, but is it worth your money? We present the facts, you decide. Continu e to the review.

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LaCie warns against using FireWire 800
with Panther

LaCie warns against using FireWire 800
with Panther 10/30/2003 11:32 PM
Just hours after Apple Computer Inc. acknowledged p roblems with FireWire 800 hard drives and its new operating system, Mac OS X Panther, hard disk maker LaCie Corp. issued a warning to users about using its FireWire 800 drives with Panther. The incompatibilities only affect FireWire 800 and not the earlier FireWire 400 hard drives, according to Apple and LaCie.

New LaCie FireWire 800 Firmware
Available for Windows XP SP2 Users

New LaCie FireWire 800 Firmware
Available for Windows XP SP2 Users 08/13/2004 03:27 AM
Customers who have or plan to update to Windows XP SP2 and own a LaCie hard drive with a FireWire 800 interface should download the latest LaCie firmware. [PRWEB Aug 13, 2004]

LaCie offers FireWire 800 PC card for
laptops

LaCie offers FireWire 800 PC card for
laptops 12/09/2003 01:23 PM

LaCie offers FireWire 800 PCMCIA card

LaCie offers FireWire 800 PCMCIA card 12/09/2003 01:26 PM
LaCie today announced a new FireWire 800 PCMCIA card that allows you to add two external FireWire 800 ports and one FireWire 400 port to your current laptop...

LaCie To Ship FireWire 800 PC Card For
Laptops

LaCie To Ship FireWire 800 PC Card For
Laptops 12/09/2003 06:06 PM
LaCie today announced it will begin shipping in December its a FireWire 800 PCMCIA card, allowing users to add 3 seperate FireWire ports to their Mac or PC laptop: two external FireWire 800 ports and one FireWire 400 port. (MacNN via MyAppleMenu)

Test Drive | Here's help finding things
on car drive or hard drive

Test Drive | Here's help finding things
on car drive or hard drive 12/25/2003 04:27 AM
Philadelphia Inquirer Dec 25 2003 3:36AM ET

LaCie pumps up 1.6TB enormo-drive

LaCie pumps up 1.6TB enormo-drive 07/13/2004 10:40 AM
Sacre bleu

I have Nero Express 5.9 the quick copy
has stopped working d

I have Nero Express 5.9 the quick copy
has stopped working d 09/05/2004 02:12 AM
TechTree Sep 5 2004 5:51AM GMT

JVC's Mystery Hard Drive Camcorders
Revealed: They're Hard Drive Camcorders

JVC's Mystery Hard Drive Camcorders
Revealed: They're Hard Drive Camcorders 09/14/2004 11:18 AM

Oops, I almost forgot about these new cameras announced from JVC - the ones they've been hyping up to no end as their big "mystery product." Basically, they're camcorders with hard drives in them - a 4GB microdrive, to be exact. They look pretty cool and everything, but they're really most interesting because they are the first consumer camcorder with a built-in hard drive, not because they do anything particularly unique. That being said, I fully support this idea, and think most consumer recording technology should move to hard drives as soon as possible (I'll be waiting until you can get something with a bigger hard drive than 4GB for less than $1,500, though).

Both models (the GZ-MC100 and the GZ-MC200) can record up to 9Mbps in MPEG2, though, which is DVD quality.

Read - Press Release (Japanese) [VictorJP via SorobanGeeks]< /p>

David "SD8957" Chait has a less cynical take on the new camcorders, along with more stats and pictures.
Read - JVC Intros Everio Digital Camera with 4GB Microdrive [Chait]

Announcement: LaCie d2 DVD+/-RW Double
Layer Drive

Announcement: LaCie d2 DVD+/-RW Double
Layer Drive 05/26/2004 09:10 AM
LaCie announced the LaCie d2 DVD+/-RW Double Layer Drive, with double layer DVD recording technology.

Announcement: LaCie DL DVD+/-RW dual
layer drive

Announcement: LaCie DL DVD+/-RW dual
layer drive 06/03/2004 10:53 AM
Roxio and LaCie announced the upcoming LaCie DL DVD+/-RW dual layer drive with Toast Titanium 6, which will provide dual-layer DVD burning capability for Macs.

Handling Complex COM Objects with
Interop Assemblies or "Why Has My Menu
Button Stopped Working in Office?"

Handling Complex COM Objects with
Interop Assemblies or "Why Has My Menu
Button Stopped Working in Office?" 09/16/2004 01:39 AM
Can't get your menu button to work consistently? Are you wondering how .NET manages the memory of COM objects you instantiate by using the .NET Framework? Peter Vogel discusses some of the common issues that occur when handling COM objects within the .NET Framework and provides strategies for addressing them.

With a complete computer system,
including the hard drive, processor and
DVD drive, the iMac G5 is only about

With a complete computer system,
including the hard drive, processor and
DVD drive, the iMac G5 is only about 09/02/2004 05:47 AM
Xinhua News Agency Sep 2 2004 10:20AM GMT

Vosonic X'S-Drive Pro VP 300 40GB Flash
Memory Reading Hard Drive

Vosonic X'S-Drive Pro VP 300 40GB Flash
Memory Reading Hard Drive 06/30/2004 12:37 PM

The Vosonic X'S-Drive Pro VP 300 is 40GB external hard drive that is clunky, cheap-looking, has a crappy text-only integrated screen, plays MP3s, but not WMA, AAC, or OGG Vorbis, and can only read from one card from its card reader at a time. So why would any photographer want it? Because it's cheap, it does the primary job it was designed to do (act as remote backup for memory cards), and can accept as many additional 2.5-inch laptop hard drives as you want to swap into it, meaning that all other things aside, you can purchase this single $335 drive and continue to upgrade it for only the price of additional hard drives.
Read - Hard disk: X'S-Drive Pro VP 300 [BIOS]

Console Drive makes hard drive removable
or external

Console Drive makes hard drive removable
or external 06/04/2004 03:52 PM
Addonics Technologies announced on Friday the release of its Console Drive, which turns a standard 3.5-inch hard drive into either aremovable internal hard drive cartridge or an external hard drive thatconnects to your Mac via USB 2.0 or 1.1, FireWire, SCSI or a PCMCIA slot,depending on the model you choose. Internally, the Console Drive can connectto a Power Mac's Serial ATA slot. In addition, the Console Drive acceptsAddonics' series of Pocket CD, DVD, CD-RW and DVD+/-R/RW drives, all ofwhich are Mac compatible.

FireWire Hard Drives and The Future of
the TBU

FireWire Hard Drives and The Future of
the TBU 06/12/2004 06:49 PM

I bought a FireWire hard drive enclosure the other day, and I'm awfully happy with it. It cost about $45 and I filled it with an old 40GB hard drive I had lying around. It works beautifully — plug it into a FireWire port and you get a G: drive.

It makes me wonder what'll happen to the venerable tape backup unit (TBU). I have a TBU on my server, but it's old, slow, cranky, and only holds 20GB. Furthermore, 20GB tapes are like, $30 while hard drives are running less than a dollar per gigabyte these days.

Right now, I can think of no reason why I would use my TBU for anything anymore. Am I missing something? I imagine that tapes are physically pretty durable, certainly more so than a hard drive, but is there anything else?

I'm using this portable hard drive for off-site backups. Once a week, I'll bring the drive in, copy the latest backups onto it, and take it home where it will sit on my bookshelf for a week until I bring it in again to refresh the backups.

FireWire hard drives, incidentally, are fast as lightning. I have a small RAID Tower which runs via FireWire. You'd never know it wasn't an internal SCSI drive. In fact, I installed a very CPU- and I/O-intensive server process on it once and it ran beautifully. Again, the simplicity is amazing — plug it in and you get an F: drive, end of story.

I'm so impressed with the utility of these things that I'd go so far as call them mandatory equipment for your PC. The enclosure will cost you $45. I found a 40GB Maxtor drive on Froogle for $32. I bought a FireWire card and cable on eBay last year for $15. That's $92 for 40GB of removable storage that you can throw in a fanny pack — tough to beat.

On my next PC, I'm going to physically separate the operating system from my data files. I'll keep all my data on an external FireWire unit, and only keep the OS and program files on the internal IDE unit. I'd love for my PC to be essentially disposable. If I have a problem, just pave and reload it knowing that all my data files are safe and secure a few feet away on the external unit. Perversely, I may mirror them on the internal drive just for redundancy.

For the record, I bought the Metal Gear Box from NewEgg. It was rock simple to get running — find a hard drive, physically screw it into the unit, plug it two cables, then plug it into the PC.

I'm not thrilled with look of the thing — it's all brushed aluminum and black metal grating. (Kind of makes me feel like a 40-year-old man driving around in a lowered Civic with a big wing on the back.) Additionally, when you put it down, there's no padding or rubber stops, so it kind of clanks against the desk, which makes me a little nervous.

Anyway, the theory is valid. External hard drives: good. FireWire: great. Go get one.

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External FireWire Hard Drives

External FireWire Hard Drives 10/29/2003 01:13 AM
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FireWire 800 Drives With Oxford 922:
Apple Statement; LaCie, WiebeTech, OWC
Updates; Oxford Statement; Taking
Precautions

FireWire 800 Drives With Oxford 922:
Apple Statement; LaCie, WiebeTech, OWC
Updates; Oxford Statement; Taking
Precautions 10/31/2003 09:38 PM
(MacFixIt via MyAppleMenu)

Report: FireWire Drive Failures

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