I don't think the four pin firewire port carries power? Can someone verify?
On Thu, Jul 9, 2009 at 5:29 PM, Tony B <[email protected]> wrote: > Don't try to power an external drive with your laptop's power supply. > Asking for trouble. Use a power brick. > > On Thu, Jul 9, 2009 at 7:12 PM, rleesimon<[email protected]> wrote: > > My thinkpad x31 winxpprosp3 laptop has a 4pin firewire port .is there > some > > way, with an adapter, I can use it as the 2nd port required for some > > external hdd's to get power? They come with a split usb dongle, 1st is > for > > data, the 2nd is for power and I thought I could preserve the 2nd usb > port > > for something else and get the power off the firewire port. also, how to > > figure out if it's a firewire 400 or 800 .iomega makes ext hdds with both > > types of connection, but will this MINI firewire do any of that? .tia! > > > ************************************************************************* > ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** > ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** > ************************************************************************* > ************************************************************************* ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *************************************************************************
