PowerMac G5 Firewire issues

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Hi there,

I'm having bother with my firewire ports on my G5 Mac. I'm trying to use an MAudio Profire 2626. I have re-installed the drivers countless times. I have reset the PRAM, I have reset the NVRAM, I have reste the SMU. I have put in a third party Firewire PCI card. I have also re-installed the OS X 10.05.8 combo update, still no Joy.

The device is recognised by other machines. Can anyone suggest anything to help please?
 

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Hello and welcome.

Are you using it as a stand-alone sound card or with Pro Tools?

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As in Figure 53 QLab?

-Does it even show up in the Sound preference pane or the FireWire tab of System Information?
-Have you tried multiple FireWire cables?
-Do other FireWire devices work properly?
Is the ProFire powered on before powering on the G5?
-Did you hot plug it by any chance? That is not recommended by M-Audio.
-Have you tried unplugging everything, including power cable, letting G5 sit for 15 mins or so, then trying it again (this resets FireWire bus).

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As in Figure 53 QLab? Yes

-Does it even show up in the Sound preference pane or the FireWire tab of System Information? No
-Have you tried multiple FireWire cables? Yes
-Do other FireWire devices work properly? I don't have any others to try
Is the ProFire powered on before powering on the G5? Yes
-Did you hot plug it by any chance? That is not recommended by M-Audio. It may have been done once by accident but not usually
-Have you tried unplugging everything, including power cable, letting G5 sit for 15 mins or so, then trying it again (this resets FireWire bus).Yes

I'm a tad baffled by this. Only other thing I've noticed is in the System profile it recognises the firewire bus speeds but shows them as unkown devices
 

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Do you have any friends that have a FireWire HD or something to test the ports with?

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Sounds like the FireWire port fuse is blown.

Shut down, Unplug everything, Remove the Power Cable from both the Mac and the Wall.
Wait 10+ minutes.
Before you power up, replug the FireWire, then the Mac Power.
Power up the Mac.
 

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