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Topic: Fireface 800..Time Machine .

Hi,
When I turn on my external hard drive for Time Machine .. red light comes on the FF 800 .. is warning of a problem?.
Mac Pro + Snow Leopard 10.6.7
RME FF 800 driver 2.91.
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  • Jeff
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Re: Fireface 800..Time Machine .

It means FW transmission is interrupted, is this external drive on FW as well?

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Jeff Petersen
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Re: Fireface 800..Time Machine .

Hi,
Exactly ... d2Cuadra Lacie Hard Drive Extreme....Mac Pro 1.1 Quad-core intel xeon 2.66 Ghz

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Re: Fireface 800..Time Machine .

Rme Fireface 800...FW transmission is interrupted...Now bug?

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Re: Fireface 800..Time Machine .

Not a bug. Just use the drive via USB instead.

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Re: Fireface 800..Time Machine .

Lacie External Hard Drive Firewire 800 ... because I have to plug in USB ... quickly lose it?

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Re: Fireface 800..Time Machine .

Every time you add another FW device the whole bus (every unit on it) is reset. That's a law.

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Matthias Carstens
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Re: Fireface 800..Time Machine .

Hi Matthias, thanks for responding and helps;-)