Hi all,
An explanation of these various problems, and a simple solution, is below.
I had a lot of hassle with trying to solve these five problems:
1 - Trying to mount an external hard drive, crashes the mac.
2 - The external hard drive fails to mount, (but doesn't crash the mac).
3 - Trying...
drive crashes macdrivedoesnotconnecttomacdrivedoesnot show
drive fails toconnecttomacdrive fails to show
dvd burner doesnotconnecttomac
external hard drive fails to mount
printer doesnotconnecttomac
second drive fails to mount connect show