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4 pin firewire in external drive

post #1 of 5
8/18/06 at 6:10pm
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can i use a 6pin to 4pin firewire cable for my 500gb external HD drive. It comes with a 6pin firewire cable as standard. as i got only 4pin firewire port..i planned to use that cable and does it make any harm??
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post #2 of 5
8/18/06 at 6:54pm
should be fine as long as ur external hard drive is self-powered

cheers ...
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post #3 of 5
8/18/06 at 11:11pm
qhn is correct. I have 2 exterals using the same 6pin to 4pin setup.
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post #4 of 5
8/19/06 at 2:45pm
one more here. 3.5" self powered... communicating with a 6pin-4pin cable. iirc, the extra pins are used for energy supply. since they (3.5") are self powered... no need for them.
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post #5 of 5
8/19/06 at 2:51pm
6 to 4 pin works fine for me too. I think most laptops use the 4 pin port.
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