slow firewire

[fabscher]

I have a external hard drive with firewire 400 and usb 2.0 connections
using 10.6 firewire is slower than usb 2 or at least sometimes hangs and then restart working

anyone have the same problem?

is there a kext for ICH9R for 10.6?

Thanks

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