I think the Firewire Port on my Macbook has crapped out.

[reubs]

When I went to visit family for the holidays I left my external HDD at home, so it was completely unaccessible for about about 10 days. I left it on, although it was unplugged from any devices, by accident.

Today I tried to hook it up to my Macbook via Firewire, and I had no luck. I tried the other firewire port on the external enclosure, and I had the same result. I eventually found a USB cord and hooked it up that way, and now it's connecting and transferring data no problem.

Is there a way to check if it's my Macbook port without going out and getting a new enclosure?

Thanks for any info.

BTW, this is a baseline original macbook running 10.4.11.

Thanks for any help!

 

[xUKHCx]

Do you have access to another computer because you can connect you MB to that and then check if it is the MB port.

 

[reubs]

No other firewire computer immediately handy. Maybe later in the week, though.

Other suggestions?