My understanding is that this internal power is only for the FireWire. I
also have one of these cards, it's worked great. However, I haven't had the
chance just yet to use the FireWire ports. I have an Epson scanner hooked
up to one of the USB ports and it's been great.
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> From: Teddy Kumpel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>> On 7/28/01 2:32 PM, "Teddy Kumpel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>> anybody have any purchasing advice for a firewire/USB combo PCI card?
>>> looking at VST, firewiredirect, Ratoc and MacAlly...
>>
> I wonder if the USB
> devices that require power, like the shuttle pro, will also benefit from the
> internal HDD power cable setup that firewiredirect uses. I know it supplies
> power to firewire devices, but does it do the same for USB, or does that
> suck power from the PCI bus?
>
> thanks again for your intelligent response,
> Teddy K
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