[X4U] ISight Camera Questions - FireWire

[revDAVE]

On 3/21/05 11:36 AM, "revDAVE" <coolcat at hostalive.com> wrote:

>  Short story: I hooked up my iSight camera as the only FireWire device to my
> G4 Sawtooth desktop.  I noticed that even with the camera lens switched to
> the off position -  that the camera body stays warm all the time.  This
> would mean that it is drawing power all the time. I don't imagine that this
> is good for the camera long term ... So what is the best way to handle this.
> 
> -  Should I pull the camera FireWire plug out - unless I am using it? -  (if
> I use it a few times per day - then that would get cumbersome)
> 
> - BTW:  I know FireWire is supposed to be hot swappable - but at least with
> FireWire hard drives -  I've heard stories that if you're not careful - one
> time in 1000 - you could potentially blow up your motherboard or hard drive
> while you are yanking the cable - so to be very conservative - the best
> thing to do is to shut down the whole computer first.
> 
> How Safe is it to pull the Firewire plug with the isight camera?
>  

Any ideas about this? - thanks


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