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rick reinhard

Seagate FreeAgent Xtreme drive problem
December 17, 2008 01:02PM

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Just got a Seagate FreeAgent Xtreme external drive.

Can't even get Mac G5 to recognize it through Firewire. What to do?

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derekmok

Re: Seagate FreeAgent Xtreme drive problem
December 17, 2008 01:40PM

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I own a Seagate portable external drive and those things have a real quirk. On my drive, only the USB cable that had come with the drive would work, not "equivalent" cables. Yours is FireWire, but I don't know if it may have the same issue?

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rick reinhard

Re: Seagate FreeAgent Xtreme drive problem
December 17, 2008 02:30PM

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Thank you for responding.

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Michael Horton

Re: Seagate FreeAgent Xtreme drive problem
December 17, 2008 02:42PM

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If it shows up in Disk Utility, erase it and re-format it.

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rick reinhard

Re: Seagate FreeAgent Xtreme drive problem
December 17, 2008 03:03PM

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It's not showing up at all. Nothing shows up on the desktop. The Mac does not recognize it.

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Michael Horton

Re: Seagate FreeAgent Xtreme drive problem
December 17, 2008 03:17PM

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Might be the cable. Did you try USB like Derek said or another FW cable? Make sure pins are not bent.

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Kevin Monahan

Re: Seagate FreeAgent Xtreme drive problem
December 17, 2008 08:13PM

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I cannot recommend these drives at all. Very difficult to mount.

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grafixjoe

Re: Seagate FreeAgent Xtreme drive problem
December 17, 2008 08:48PM

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They are not meant for A/V use anyway. They are simple transport drives via USB.

When life gives you dilemmas...make dilemmanade.

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wayne granzin

Re: Seagate FreeAgent Xtreme drive problem
December 18, 2008 01:42AM

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yeah. i bought one of the free agent drives about 2 years ago. the "touch sensitive" power button never quite worked as it should. i returned it within the week.

seagate makes GREAT mechanisms - TERRIBLE retail enclosures...

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rick reinhard

Re: Seagate FreeAgent Xtreme drive problem
December 18, 2008 08:14AM

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I switched to a USB cable. It works for now. Thanks

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rick reinhard

Re: Seagate FreeAgent Xtreme drive problem
December 18, 2008 08:15AM

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I'm trying USB. At least it mounted. Thanks

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rick reinhard

Re: Seagate FreeAgent Xtreme drive problem
December 18, 2008 08:16AM

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I'm gonna try USB. I hope it's fast enough.

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rick reinhard

Re: Seagate FreeAgent Xtreme drive problem
December 18, 2008 08:17AM

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We might take it back to the store. At least I got media on it through the USB.

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