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macjakob

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Feb 16, 2006
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I just got my brand new Quad and connected my old iSight to it. I connected it to the firewire port in the back of the G5. It was really laggy and the image shifted from dark to lighter, dark to lighter. So i disconnected it, and plugged it in to the firewire port in the front - works perfectly! :confused:

Hmm.. i thought, maybe it's something with the firewire port? I tried connecting my 3rd gen. 40GB iPod (firewire), to the back firewire port and tried to transfer some files. Files transfer at normal speeds, both read/write. That's kinda weird, isn't?

So is it the iSight that's the problem?

Jakob
 
Have you tried putting the iSight back in that port? Maybe it was just some dirt on the connector or something.
 
CamH said:
Have you tried putting the iSight back in that port? Maybe it was just some dirt on the connector or something.

Yup, still same problem. But there are no problems with iPods/external harddrives (front or back firewire port).
 
Any damage on the firewire cable for the isight? Maybe a shielding issue. Or maybe a grounding issue, Are the ports on the back directly connected to the motherboard?
 
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