[MacDV] final cut express and external la cie drive

[Tom Meyer]

It is not difficult to change out a drive. Be aware of static 
electricity and ground yourself. Radio shack sells a wrist static strap 
cheap. Other than that it is pretty much unscrew, unplug then plug in 
the new drive case and button up. I have had good success with the 
inexpensive Ultra case I think I got from Tiger.com or something like 
that for only 39.99

Tom

ptm at temple.edu wrote:

>Thank you!  I'll see what happens over the weekend after my
>trip to Frys.  I'm not very adept (obviously) with this kind
>of stuff but I'm game for trying.  Again, your help is very
>much appreciated.
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>PTM
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>>You want to OPEN the LaCie Drive case - unless you can return
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>it for  
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>>a refund -, remove the 3.5" HD from the inside, go to
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>Comp-USA or  
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>>Fry's or wherever you buy computer accessories in your area
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>at low  
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>>prices and buy a FW400 case for about $40-$50, put the drive in  
>>there, close it up, hook it to your eMac's spare FW port and
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>fire it  
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>>up. Then you can choose it as the scratch drive. That's your
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>cheapest  
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>>solution.
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>>Oh and don't buy any more LaCie Drives. You can do it
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>yourself for  
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>>way less. I can make a 300 GB external FW400 drive for $99
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>all the time.
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>>On Mar 9, 2006, at 7:33 PM, <ptm at temple.edu> wrote:
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>>>I've no idea what USB1 and USB2 are.  The eMac is fairly new
>>>and has 2 firewire inputs, one is connected to the Sony VX100.
>>> I'm thinking that the La Cie drive I got was so inexpensive
>>>because it does not have a fire wire out?  Does this mean I
>>>need a drive with firewire capability and that will clear
>>>things up?  If so, can some folks recommend some places to get
>>>one, I'm a grad student and have a very limited budget.
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