A fix for Oxford chip set and Maxtor hard drive issues
Jun 01, '05 08:16:00AM
Contributed by: Cybertnt
I bought a new enclosure including an Oxford 912 chip set (this hint will work for the Oxford 911/922 chip set, too). Here comes the problem: The Maxtor hard drive I installed was recognized on the USB, but not on FireWire. To fix this, the chip set has to be patched from UDMA 6 to UDMA 5:
- Download the "MAC OS X OXFORD UTILITY" from this page at cooldrives.com. Unzip the archive after downloading.
- Turn the enclosure on and plug it in on the FireWire port.
- Open uploadergui.jar (Tested with Java 1.4.2) and click on "Modify Configuration Inf..."
- Click on "Advanced" and set all four combo boxes to "UDMA 5."
- Click on "OK" and then click on "Upload Changes."
You are done, restart enclosure. This is a known solution and is suggested by the Oxford manufacturers.
[robg adds: I don't have any enclosures with which to test this hint...]
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