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Looking for a bus powered FW800 enclosure
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tkmd
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Jun 11, 2006, 09:28 AM
 
something that I could put a hd or a dvd burner into - but it has to be bus powered (I'm done with power cords) any suggestions? Links?
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Jun 11, 2006, 11:02 AM
 
Unless you get a notebook drive, you're not going to find bus-powered, with very few possible exceptions.

Note that FW800 is entirely unnecessary for a DVD burner.

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Jun 11, 2006, 01:54 PM
 
I think Wiebetech has bus-powered enclosures for desktop drives.
     
ender78
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Jun 11, 2006, 06:53 PM
 
If you want reliable data backup, you'll need an externally powered enclosure for any 3.5" drive. The bus cannot power most 3.5" drives.
     
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Jun 11, 2006, 06:55 PM
 
Bus power for a hard drive or DVD drive is ill advised, they push the limit of current availble on firewire for virtally all macs.
     
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Jun 12, 2006, 07:21 PM
 
Originally Posted by newtech
Bus power for a hard drive or DVD drive is ill advised, they push the limit of current availble on firewire for virtally all macs.
I don't think that's the case for 2.5" hard drives.
     
   
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