Initio Firmware Update There have been reports of problems with Initio-bridge equipped FireWire drives on newer Mac OS X systems. Although this does not affect older DigiDrive FW80 drives which use Oxford bridge chips, this will affect the Avid model rs80 and model rs250 drives which use Initio bridge chips. The update solves problems with mounting drives with Mac OS X 10.3.6 The firmware is available at the following location on the Initio website: To determine if your Avid FireWire drive needs updating, do the following:
Note the model of your drive:
From the Initio read me: Initio 1430 firmware v4.70 for Mac OS 10.3.6 Read Me You will need to download the 4.70 firmware file and one of the 3 different flash utilities. Online are:
You won't be able to update on 10.3.6 or 10.3.7, so you will have to do it on an earlier Mac OS version or on a PC because we need a mounted volume to flash update.
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