T43 IBM wont pick up my Hard Drive firewire

[dqboy101]

The T43 will pick up my external firewire hard drive but my Lacie d2
Dual DVD +RW drive wont pick up on my machine what to do? I dont want
to buy USB one as money is problem.

 

[Shenan Stanley]

The T43 will pick up my external firewire hard drive but my Lacie d2
Dual DVD +RW drive wont pick up on my machine what to do? I dont
want to buy USB one as money is problem.

Please describe your issue more precisely. Your subject and message body
seem to differ.

- Which is true (subject or body)?

- What type of interface do the two devices (external firewire hard disk
drive and Lacie d2 Dual DVD+RW drive) you seem to be referring to have?
(each)

- Does the one that does not work seem to be attempting to install when you
connect it up?

- Do you have the latest hardware drivers for your computer installed
(particularly motherboard chipset)?

- Have you tried the drive (whichever has the trouble) in another machine to
verify it works?

- What specific operating system do you have? (Please include service pack
level.)

 

[dqboy101]

Please describe your issue more precisely.  Your subject and message body
seem to differ.

- Which is true (subject or body)?

- What type of interface do the two devices (external firewire hard disk
drive and Lacie d2 Dual DVD+RW drive) you seem to be referring to have?
(each)

- Does the one that does not work seem to be attempting to install when you
connect it up?

- Do you have the latest hardware drivers for your computer installed
(particularly motherboard chipset)?

- Have you tried the drive (whichever has the trouble) in another machineto
verify it works?

- What specific operating system do you have?  (Please include service pack
level.)

DVD burner. Windows XP sp3. I used it couple miniutes ago on my Mac
and worked.
No the device does not install not even the light for the drive comes
on (blue light),

 

[dqboy101]

Please describe your issue more precisely.  Your subject and message body
seem to differ.

- Which is true (subject or body)?

- What type of interface do the two devices (external firewire hard disk
drive and Lacie d2 Dual DVD+RW drive) you seem to be referring to have?
(each)

- Does the one that does not work seem to be attempting to install when you
connect it up?

- Do you have the latest hardware drivers for your computer installed
(particularly motherboard chipset)?

- Have you tried the drive (whichever has the trouble) in another machineto
verify it works?

- What specific operating system do you have?  (Please include service pack
level.)

I do have latest hardware drivers installed.

 

[Paul]

I do have latest hardware drivers installed.

The T43 doesn't have a Firewire port. That implies you have
installed a Firewire card in the PCMCIA slot ?

http://www.notebookreview.com/default.asp?newsID=2285

And if that is the case, the Firewire card may not support
bus power. Perhaps your hard drive has an external power
brick, which delivers power to the hard drive ? Does
the DVD+RW have its own power source ? On a laptop, it
may not be easy to come up with a source of
Firewire power.

Firewire interfaces consist of six pins. There are
two data pairs (TPA+, TPA-, TPB+, TPB-). There are
also two power pins (VP and VG).

On Firewire devices that only have four pins on the connector,
there is no power available on those (the VP and VG
pins are missing). An example might be a Camcorder
Firewire interface, where there is no attempt to send
power from the computer, to the Camcorder. The Camcorder
runs from its battery, while the user downloads a movie
via the Firewire. The Camcorder has the four pin interface.

Some other devices may have relatively high
power demands. The PCMCIA/PC_Card slot may not
have the ability to provide power on the Firewire
interface. If the Firewire peripheral expects bus power
and doesn't get it, then it isn't going to light up.
Check to see if the Firewire device has an external
power adapter and retest with the external power
connected.

Also, read the manual for your Firewire devices,
and make sure you understand the order that the
wiring is to be connected and so on.

Paul

 

[dqboy101]

The T43 doesn't have a Firewire port. That implies you have
installed a Firewire card in the PCMCIA slot ?

http://www.notebookreview.com/default.asp?newsID=2285

And if that is the case, the Firewire card may not support
bus power. Perhaps your hard drive has an external power
brick, which delivers power to the hard drive ? Does
the DVD+RW have its own power source ? On a laptop, it
may not be easy to come up with a source of
Firewire power.

Firewire interfaces consist of six pins. There are
two data pairs (TPA+, TPA-, TPB+, TPB-). There are
also two power pins (VP and VG).

On Firewire devices that only have four pins on the connector,
there is no power available on those (the VP and VG
pins are missing). An example might be a Camcorder
Firewire interface, where there is no attempt to send
power from the computer, to the Camcorder. The Camcorder
runs from its battery, while the user downloads a movie
via the Firewire. The Camcorder has the four pin interface.

Some other devices may have relatively high
power demands. The PCMCIA/PC_Card slot may not
have the ability to provide power on the Firewire
interface. If the Firewire peripheral expects bus power
and doesn't get it, then it isn't going to light up.
Check to see if the Firewire device has an external
power adapter and retest with the external power
connected.

Also, read the manual for your Firewire devices,
and make sure you understand the order that the
wiring is to be connected and so on.

    Paul- Hide quoted text -

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Thanks yes the DVD drive has power reguires an outlet. I guess I will
just eBay it and buy a USB version.