External firewire drive: will it be powered through the FW port?
Can anyone confirm that this 100GB Firewire external drive will be self-powered via the firewire port on my G4 Aluminum 15" Powerbook?
http://eshop.macsales.com/item/Other.../MO8U5100GB16/
(I purposely chose the slower 5400 RPM (rather than 7200) since I've read elsewhere that the fastest drives don't get enough power from the Firewire port).
I reallllllly want to get a portable external drive that wont require an AC power adapter.
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On an unrelated note from a relative Mac newbie, can applications be installed on an external drive just as they can on the internal/boot drive?
http://eshop.macsales.com/item/Other.../MO8U5100GB16/
(I purposely chose the slower 5400 RPM (rather than 7200) since I've read elsewhere that the fastest drives don't get enough power from the Firewire port).
I reallllllly want to get a portable external drive that wont require an AC power adapter.
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On an unrelated note from a relative Mac newbie, can applications be installed on an external drive just as they can on the internal/boot drive?
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FireWire Bus Powered* or
110v auto switching power supply transformer (included)
* Some systems cannot supply enough power through the FireWire bus and the included AC transformer use will be required. This is more common with high speed (5400 and 7200RPM) drive mechanisms and may vary from computer to computer and drive to drive.
I'd email them and find out what the actual current draw is. Apple has matching info on their web pages for the FireWire port. If A < B, then you're good to go.
And apps can be anywhere.
Originally posted by Kickaha
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I'd email them and find out what the actual current draw is. Apple has matching info on their web pages for the FireWire port. If A < B, then you're good to go.
And apps can be anywhere.
Thanks! I did email them previously but they wouldn't elaborate beyond "we can't guarantee....."
Originally posted by slughead
that'd be cool if it did.. last time I checked the biggest self-powered FW drive was only 80GB
I would think that most or all the units that use laptop hard drives should be bus powered, but that partly depends on the FW/ATA bridge circuitry. A 7200RPM notebook drive takes just above 2W of power max power, assuming the bridge takes less than half a watt.