Firewire enclosure doesn't work in 3.0.1 [kinda solved]

[Gavin Hemphill]

In general firewire cables are NOT very robust.  You have to be really 
careful plugging them in to get them truly squared up with the socket. 
I've thrown away at least 6 now.  My general response when I see errors 
is to check the socket (the contacts on the central male piece shouldn't 
be sticking up too much) and then try a known good cable - if the new 
cable works I toss the one that didn't.

Michael George wrote:
> On Jan 14, 2004, at 8:52 PM, Gavin Hemphill wrote:
> 
> I solved the issue, but I'm still not sure what you think...
> 
> 
> So, now my question is "How much variation is there in Firewire 
> cables?"  IOW, are the ones that don't work cheap cables but the one 
> that works is a better quality one?  Or is there something more subtle 
> going on?
>