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    IEEE1394 problems on 3201XCi

    Discussion in 'Acer' started by morgois, Oct 21, 2004.

  1. morgois

    morgois Notebook Enthusiast

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    Has anyone had any problems with firewire on your 3201XCi? Mine doesn't seem to work. Neither a hard drive I connected to it nor my iPod is recognized at all. Hmm. I have the firewire active. I wonder what the problem is.
     
    morgois, Oct 21, 2004
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    I cannot get my external metalgearbox work with my 2012.
    It works fine through usb2.0, but would not recognize external hdd conected via 1394.

    I am going to contact Acer now that I know that I am not the only one.
     
    vr5, Oct 23, 2004
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    I found the troublemaker. It turned out to be that a retractable firewire cable that I initially used was the issue. With the regular nonretractable cable it works fine. It is much faster than my USB2.0.
     
    vr5, Nov 7, 2004
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    Yeah. Apparently it's not the firewire port. I do get a firewire hard drive to work. But my iPod still doesn't. Has anyone found a 4-pin firewire connector that works with the iPod on the 3201XCi?
     
    morgois, Nov 7, 2004
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