FireWire ports on any Mac provide the same power and they will a 5400rpm drive of any size over the FireWire bus. All 7200rpm drives require additional power.
David On Wednesday, January 8, 2003, at 09:28 PM, Jeff Hubatka wrote: > How much power do the FW ports on PowerBooks provide? Is there a > difference between the Pismo and different generation i/TiBooks? I know > laptop drives in a FW case don't take much power, but what about a > 7200rpm 100GB beast? Just wondering if it would require a separate > power adapter, thereby losing quite a bit of the portability. > > ---- > JSH -- G-Books is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-Books list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
