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I have a LaCie D2 triple-interface external drive that I use with my MBP and Time Machine, connecting via FireWire 800. Suddenly tonight the drive wouldn't boot. However, it DOES boot using the FireWire 400 cable and the USB cable. The FireWire 800 cable does power the drive from the MBP. What's likelier -- I need a new cable, the port on my MBP is bad, or it's something in the internals of the external drive itself? Thanks.

I have a g4 466 running Tiger 10. When I try to shut down from the desktop it seems to shut down OK then immediately restarts itself. (I can manually shutdown by pressing the big button.) This only started a couple of days ago and I can't think what I did that day to have caused this. I understand that reseting the PRAM (?) might help but I wondering if there are any side effects to this that I should be aware of first, you know like loosing all my stuff or something. Please advice and would be appreciated.

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