[iBook] Firewire External Hard Drive Power

[Fred Stevens K2FRD]

I have an 80gb FireLite firewire HD which is powered by my 14" iBook G3 900 through the firewire cable.

Fred

At 5:42 -0500 05/01/2006, G Henry Taylor wrote:
>Depends on the size of the drive. Not the capacity, the size. My 2 1/2" FW drive is powered via the FW connection from my Pismo or iBook. A friends 3 1/2" external FW Drive needs a power brick to work. Not sure this is universal, but I've yet to see an exception.
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>On Jan 5, 2006, at 12:28 AM, Craig Foch wrote:
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>>When I shop eBay, I see firewire external drive enclosures with and without power bricks. Can I power an external firewire hard drive from my iBook's firewire bus, or do I need an external power supply for the hard drive? My iBook is the 14" G3 600 MHz model.


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