My smartdisk firelite does not appear anywhere on my computer
Hello I have a smartdisk firelite and since one of the adaptors was not available on my computer (windows xp) so i bought the Dynex 4' Retractable IEEE 1394 (FireWire) 6-Pin to 4-Pin Cable which it does connect but I do not see it in my computer or anywhere nor it lights up the firelite
Computers & Internet - SmartDisk - FireLite - FireLite 60 GB Hard Drive
Answers & Comments
Hi,
Sounds like you have a hardware failure either in the drive enclosure or the hard drive itself.
I suspect you may get lucky and find out it's just some of the circuitry in the smartdisk shell that is damaged.
Take the Smartdisk unit to your nearest PC shop and ask the technicians there to remove the Hard Drive and put it in a new enclosure to test it. If it works in the new enclosure, buy the enclosure and your done. If it doesn't work in the new enclosure then you may be suffering from worse issues that will require the help of a pro.
Either way let me know how you make out, if you need a pro for the next step, reply back with you location(Country, State, City) and I will refer you to the closest facility who can assist you.
Hope this Helps FixYa,
Chris
Hi nothing wrong with your smartdisk, I'd say you have the FW800 model ? which only has FW800, sure this would normally work with an 800 to 400 cable but it doesn't in Snow Leopard nor does my FW800 (only) Card Reader, peripherals that were FW800 Only no longer work with Snow Leopard. We could Revert back to Leopard, but please do not erase the drive, you do not have a hardware issue.