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External Firewire enclosures
I'm not sure if they exist, but what I'm looking for is a firewire hard
drive that is external and does not require a seperate power source, rather getting power through the firewire port. Anyone know of a company that makes these? Thnx! |
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On Wed, 31 Mar 2004 12:45:37 -0500, "Rob B."
wrote: I'm not sure if they exist, but what I'm looking for is a firewire hard drive that is external and does not require a seperate power source, rather getting power through the firewire port. Anyone know of a company that makes these? Thnx! Usually (I know of no exceptions) it's required to use a pass-through power tap, that is, a 2nd connector goes inline on the PS/2 or a USB port to get power for the drive. That's for a laptop drive but for a desktop drive you'd still need an external power supply. The firewire port is not meant to supply power to a drive, you might blow a fuse or cause other damage trying to power a drive that way. At most a 6-pin firewire connection will supply power for the enclosure circuitry. |
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