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Why am I having problems with Porsche drives? — #1

I doubt anyone can help, but I know the party line I'll get from Lacie -- that I'm the only one with the problem. In nutshell -- love the d2 drives and the Porsche look cool and a…
MacNN Troubleshooting by kevs

Why am I having problems with Porsche drives? — #2

Short answer: Because the Porsche enclosures suck. I am having the same problem intermittently with mine, and just about everybody I know that has a Porsche drive sees this, as w…
MacNN Troubleshooting by analogika

Why am I having problems with Porsche drives? — #3

God bless you Analogika; I though I'm going crazy. Tell me, tell me tell me! what does an enclosure have to do with it? Weird thing: if I unmount the porsche drive, and then plug…
MacNN Troubleshooting by kevs

Why am I having problems with Porsche drives? — #4

I've read some issues about these enclousures. More specifically the power supplies not supplying enough current for some drives can cause some symptomns you've described. Do a sea…
MacNN Troubleshooting by kikkoman

Why am I having problems with Porsche drives? — #6

They don't? All the Porsche drives I've seen have a line lump. Apart from that, I don't know what's causing the issues - whether it's power supply electronics within the enclosur…
MacNN Troubleshooting by analogika

Why am I having problems with Porsche drives? — #7

Well fingers crossed so far my Porsche drive is ok (320Gb desktop one). But, I recently bought a firewire enclosure to put the quite new (replacement) harddrive from my imacG3 in (…
MacNN Troubleshooting by ism

Why am I having problems with Porsche drives? — #8

I have the same problem with a 160 GB version that I have been using. I have lost data twice because the drive suddenly is not recognized and won't mount. I ultiimately had to refo…
MacNN Troubleshooting by hondo
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