USB and FireWire Drives not mounting...

[DCC]

Hello all! This is my first osx86 build. I am running the following...

 

 

Hardware Overview:

Model Name: Mac Pro

Model Identifier: MacPro3,1

Processor Speed: 2.13 GHz

Number Of Processors: 1

Total Number Of Cores: 4

L2 Cache: 8 MB

Memory: 4 GB

Bus Speed: 1.07 GHz

 

 

Graphics by NVIDIA:

Chipset Model: Graphics by NVIDIA

Type: Display

Bus: PCIe

PCIe Lane Width: x16

VRAM (Total): 512 MB

Vendor: NVIDIA (0x10de)

Device ID: 0x0402

Revision ID: 0x00a1

ROM Revision: NVinject 0.2.0

 

 

I have been filing in the gaps and have been pretty successful in getting the machine up and running. The problem i am having now is this...

When i attach a USB or firewire external drive it does not mount as a drive. the usb keyboard and mouse work fine but the drives wont mount. even a usb flash drive will not mount. They do not even show up in disc utility. however i can see them in the system profiler. here is what the system profiler looks like with a USB thumb drive plugged in.

 

USB High-Speed Bus:

 

Host Controller Location: Expansion Slot

Host Controller Driver: AppleUSBEHCI

PCI Device ID: 0x3a3c

PCI Revision ID: 0x0000

PCI Vendor ID: 0x8086

Bus Number: 0xfa

 

TD 2C:

 

Version: 1.00

Bus Power (mA): 500

Speed: Up to 480 Mb/sec

Manufacturer: Memorex

Product ID: 0x0008

Serial Number: 0C304451416088E6

Vendor ID: 0x08ec

 

 

Please let me know if you have experienced this before or if you have any sugetions on how to resolve this.

 

 

Thanks!!!!!!

DC

[DCC]

here is what system profiler says with the 1394 drive connected but wont mount.

 

FireWire Bus:

 

Maximum Speed: Up to 400 Mb/sec

 

DMI 1394 Device:

 

Manufacturer: Oxford Semiconductor Ltd.

Model: 0x1

GUID: 0x30E004E0070101

Maximum Speed: Up to 400 Mb/sec

Connection Speed: Up to 400 Mb/sec

Sub-units:

DMI 1394 Device Unit:

Unit Software Version: 0x10483

Unit Spec ID: 0x609E

 

 

ANy Ideas???

 

Thanks,

-DC

[DCC]

I have made some progress after reading a few threads i turned off the legacy USB support in the bios and restarted still no luck but then when i restarted again with the drive's (usb flash and a 1394 drive) connected it booted up with the drive's mounted. i ejected and reconnected the drive's several times and everything looks good so far. I will keep you informed of any changes.

DC