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WD my book 500gb premium

Sep 22, 2006 10:16AM PDT

i can install my my book with the usb cable but can not get the system to recognize the firewire setup. if i use both, the my book is recognized as a usb device.

any help will be incredibly appreciated.

thanks mark turik

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Test this on another machine.
Sep 22, 2006 5:37PM PDT

If it works there, then your PC has a problem. If not, then return the unit.

Bob

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thanks bob!
Sep 23, 2006 2:17AM PDT

i appreciate the thought. i will try the my book on another pc just to see. dont know why i didnt think of that before.

mark turik