Self-powered. On Jul 6, 2005, at 4:28 PM, Steve Goldstein wrote: > Are these self-powered drives, or are you trying to draw power from > the Firewire port itself? Self-powered drives (those with their own > power supply) should not be giving you those problems. > > --Steve > > At 7:29 AM -0400 7/6/05, S.L. wrote: >> I'm no tech guru, but I thought Firewire was pretty simple >> plug-and-go technology. What is the secret to using external >> firewire drives with a Cube OSX 10.3? Is there a weakness in the >> firewire hardware of the Cube? > > Susan