[MacDV] Re: Hard drives

[ShirleyK]

Would you think that if the drive powers up (and sounds normal), the 
light goes on on the enclosure, but the drive just never appears on the 
desktop that it could still be a power problem?

Shirley

On Wednesday, October 15, 2003, at 06:01  AM, Michael Winter wrote:

> <Regarding several posts about PowerBook drives not working in an 
> external enclosure off FireWire power.>
>
> I have to say the problem most likely isn't the enclosure. If the 
> drive takes more power than the FireWire bus can deliver, no enclosure 
> will work without an external power source. These enclosures are just 
> that, an enclosure with a couple plugs'n cables.
>
> To make it work, you really need to know how much power the drive 
> requires and compare that to how much power your computer's FW bus 
> supplies. Keep track of any other devices which may be drawing power 
> from the FW bus as well (i.e. an iPod). I really don't know for sure, 
> but my impression was that some portables didn't supply any power via 
> the FW bus and some supplied only a limited amount.