Ok the firewire port on my tibook 500 died. And I need to get some type of alternative. I have a external cd burner and harddrive that require the 'bus' power also. I've looked into Firewire PCMCIA Cards but I need one that will also provide power to the external drives,etc. I found a card by Orange Micro http://www.orangemicro.com/fwcardbus.html that has an optional power cord. Anyone know if this is a good card? Is there another option? Is there another card that is better? Thanks. Shane supershanefx at hotmail.com