Guest David Mansfield Posted May 9, 2022 Posted May 9, 2022 The Firewire ports on my 2012 Mac Pro 5,1 (with Metal graphics card running Mojave) are beginning to flake out, as they tend to do. Some work reliably, some don't work at all, some intermittently. I was advised that what usually goes bad is the Firewire controller, and a way to deal with it is using a FW PCIe card. I tried the Sonnet Tango FW/USB2 card; Apple System Report saw it, but I couldn't mount any drives. I am thinking of buying a new-in-box Sonnet F8USB3-E, as I also need the USB... Read more Source: MacRumors
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