External drive unmounts as USB but not via firewire

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NeilCharter Mac Enthusiast Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: Fremont, CA, USA Status: Offline	Jun 5, 2007, 10:43 AM
	Anyone seen this before. I have a drive that can be connected via USB2 or FW. When used as USB2 (via a USB2 PCI card in my G4 Sawtooth) the drive disappears and sometimes needs to bee remounted or physically reconnected. I haven't noticed that happening via FW. I would prefer to use USB because I use the FW ports for a webcam and get bandwidth issues when both drive and cam are running. Any suggestions?
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