Hello,
I've a Powerbook G4 15" (previous generation, not the current one), and I just bought a LaCie P2 Mobile HDD USB2. The LaCie HDD is supposed to be bus-powered, which was the point of buying it - have a tiny HDD to keep my music collection on.
The HDD apparently does not get enough power from my PB's USB port. The strange part starts here: this HDD works flawlessly on a desktop computer, plus on both iBooks and on the PowerBook G4 12" - bus-powered in all cases.
I went to our Apple store, and we checked the HDD on all the laptops they had - only PB 15" and 17" could not spin up the disk. I've talked to the Apple tech support, who said that iBooks and the PB 12" had a different circuitry layout then the PB 15" and 17". They basically told me to go check with LaCie about possible firmware upgrades, and call them back with the results
So here's my issue: the HDD works just fine. The only difference I've noticed in terms of ports between PB 12" and PB 15/17" is that the latter have a FW800 port added. However, AFAIK that shouldn't matter if nothing is hooked up to those ports. Is there a way to make the HDD work with my PB15"?
Thanks to all those who answer.
I've a Powerbook G4 15" (previous generation, not the current one), and I just bought a LaCie P2 Mobile HDD USB2. The LaCie HDD is supposed to be bus-powered, which was the point of buying it - have a tiny HDD to keep my music collection on.
The HDD apparently does not get enough power from my PB's USB port. The strange part starts here: this HDD works flawlessly on a desktop computer, plus on both iBooks and on the PowerBook G4 12" - bus-powered in all cases.
I went to our Apple store, and we checked the HDD on all the laptops they had - only PB 15" and 17" could not spin up the disk. I've talked to the Apple tech support, who said that iBooks and the PB 12" had a different circuitry layout then the PB 15" and 17". They basically told me to go check with LaCie about possible firmware upgrades, and call them back with the results
So here's my issue: the HDD works just fine. The only difference I've noticed in terms of ports between PB 12" and PB 15/17" is that the latter have a FW800 port added. However, AFAIK that shouldn't matter if nothing is hooked up to those ports. Is there a way to make the HDD work with my PB15"?
Thanks to all those who answer.