I have a Siig esata 2-port express card and 2 seagates drives (2X200 gig), it work 85% of the time under tiger but it is stinking up the place now on loepard.  at least 2 KP an hour. Which means it doens't work.  Is their anyone out trying this approch and haviing it work?  What I am trying to do put the entire edit package into one case for travel.  So small and lean are good.  Any Ideas from the Gods out in Avid land?

PS  3.0 is working wonderfully for me, only one proble and you see that above

Thanks for the help!

Max

I cant be that cutting edge,,,, some had to be doing this... any help?  please

Max Stacy

Hi Max,

I don't know if this helps, but I've got a MacBook Pro, attached via an eSATA card (in my ExpressCard slot) to five Seagate drives, in a Firmtek SATA enclosure.  I'm running Leopard; Media Composer v.3.

It all seems to work fine.  You need to be more portable than I am, I think.  But I don't see why that should affect the workings of your hard drive(s).  

Malcolm (a mere mortal in the Avid world; you'll have to wait for one of the gods to pronounce on this)

Malcolm,  You have now become a God for being the 1st one to awnser!  Thank you O'great one ;--)  I am trying to trouble shoot if it is the Siig card or the Seagate drives or the enclosures.  One of the three are causing the kernnel panics.  What card are you using?  I am beginning to think it might be me enclosures.  Thanks for your help!

max

A lot of drive problems have shown up in Leopard. Most of the problems have been with FW but, your problems may be related. 

When FW drives show this behavior, swapping out the power supply for a new one has solved it.

texmax1:

Malcolm,  You have now become a God for being the 1st one to awnser!  Thank you O'great one ;--)

Hi Max,  I certainly hope the ';--' after the 'O great one' doesn't mean 'wink wink nudge nudge, I'm being sarcastic' (I've never really known what some of these keyboard emoticons mean; of course ;-- might stand for something like an exclamation mark, but then, why not just use an exclamation mark?!)

Anyway, the card I'm using is s SeriTek 2SM2-E card (made by the same people who make the enclosure I'm using).  I'd suggest you try what BLKDOG mentions, though; he's has a somewhat higher status on Mt. Olympus than I am.  Good luck with it.  

Malcolm

Solved!  A $5.00 power supply seems to have fixed the problem. TY Blkdog and Malcolm.  As for the ;--), sorry, I have a stuttering finger, funny though it doens't happen when I sing, wink wink nudge nudge, say no more....

Max

texmax1,

My ship has sailed the same course as yours- can you give me a specific part/model number of the power supply you purchased please?

Best,

Hi Grata,

I used another power supply from a long expired enclosure.  I had looked online at owc (where I bought the HD enclosure) and fry's and they were are priced between $4. and $9.usd.  The one i am using labeled "switching power adapter" and the output matched what the drive housing requested  +5v 2.6a.  Not one kernel panic since I switched the power supply.  BD is a wizard, I would of never thought to try a different power supply.  Good luck, I hope this fixes your problem!

Max

Thanks texmax, i'll give it a go!