VST FireWire Installer 1.1 fixes an assortment of problems;<br>

Mactell and FireWire 2.1 conflict? VST FireWire Installer update VST FireWire Installer 1.1 is out. The Read Me file describes what is fixed. Scott Boettcher confirms that this fixed a hot swapping problem he has had (where the drive would not remount when reconnected). The Read Me file also notes that this update fixes an issue where the system freezes when copying large files and provides overall speed increases of up to 100%.

According to Joann Klint, the update may also fix a conflict between the VST FireWire Hard Drive and the HP LaserJet 6MP printer (they cannot both be accessed at the same time). If not, VST told her to downgrade from Apple's FireWire 2.1 to 2.0.

Mactell drive and FireWire 2.1 conflict? Meanwhile, James Saldana reports a possible conflict between FireWire 2.1 and Mactell's FirePower FireWire Drive - driver HDD 1.1. It involves DV(DigitalVideo Codec) playback:

"I benchmarked the FirePower drive a 11MB/sec sustained read/write, which is in-line with IBM's specs for this drive, using FWB's RaidTool Kit 2.0.7. The drive works perfectly during capture using Final Cut Pro under all situations. The plays back captured video perfectly, when the Sony TRV-9 is not connected (plugged-in). When the camera is plugged-in in anyway and turned on, frame dropping occurs in every playback situation. When benchmarked with the camera plugged-in, the sustained read/(not write) scores become erratic, and drop as low as 1.7MB/sec for a sustained read. Again, the write speed does not seem to be affected. This situation seems to imply that there is a conflict between your FirePower and Apple's FireWire extensions, since it only occurs when both FireWire devices are active.

A temporary work-around: If I close the application, disconnect the DV camera, and drag the FirePower drive from the desktop and remount it, and relaunch Final Cut Pro (the software used for playback), this fixes the problem."