The hard drive says Firewire 400 and 800 yet I only see Firewire 800 plugs on the back, how will it work with my Firewire 400 port 1394 on a laptop?
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I don't know - I stopped using this drive due to unreliable communication with the host computer. I never got the Firewire to work, and the USB often requires many attempts before the drive connects.
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G-Tech includes the hard to find Firewire 400 to 800 adapter. I use it everyday with my "old school" Firestudio interface and it works great, I have never had any trouble with it. Hope that helps.
37429
Sorry, I cannot answer your technical question. Perhaps you could access the G-Technology G-Drive website. It may provide the specifications, technical information and applications for your external hard drive.
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It was in 2009 that Apple went to an internal heat sensor in the hard drives. It is discussed in the Apple forums here: https://discussions.apple.com/thread/3860372 . I would use an external box that uses thunder bolt which is as fast as the internal bus speed the 2tb drive is connected to. The firewire box you are trying to use might be limited by the chip used in it to 2 tb. I replaced a hard drive in a 2007 iMac with no problem using ifixit.com. It still had the external heat sensor.
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Yes, firewire works perfectly (on Macs at least, I'm fortunate not to have a windows machine to be able to test this on). Enough power is supplied via the firewire cable to run the drive. USB is a different matter ... a single USB cable from a Belkin hub attached to my Mac Mini will NOT spin the drive up. The light goes on, but the drive never mounts and it remains invisible on 'Disk Utility'. I was worried this would be the same story on my laptop ... however, a single USB cable works just fine with a 2 year old MacBook Pro. I suspect that it depends how much power the USB delivers, and that newer machines may deliver sufficient. So, USB doesn't suck ... it just depends what you attach it to. I've tried this on a Belkin hub attached to my Mac Mini and on a 15" MacBook Pro.
1362538
It's unlikely. Firewire is controlled by a specific chip that doesnt exist in USB
1025182
No, it only includes a USB 3.0. Supposedly you can buy FireWire cables, but I have not seen them available anywhere. The end that connects to the harddrive has an odd shape, so generic FireWire cables won't fit.
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I checked my manual and can find nothing relating to a firewire port. I also looked for a reference to IEEE and could find nothing on that either. It has HDMI ports, ethernet, and USB ports. Hope this helps. Wouldn't this type of port be listed in the tech list? Good luck finding what you need.
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Mine says 2.0 next to the port. So does the current product image. I bought mine some time ago and the specifications might have changed. I didn't measure the USB speed but I did measure the FireWire 800 speed and got 500 Mbs/sec not 800. Of course there might have been a variable that I might have ignored.
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this hard drive allows you to do it. i have daisy chained it to a lacie external drive. it is easy to do. the wd comes with 2 firewire cords and 2 ports. the first cord goes into one of the wd's ports and then into your laptop's firewire port. the second one goes from the second firewire port in the wd into the firewire port of your other drive. then they both will show up on your desktop. to eject them, just drag both icons to the trash and unplug. i always remove them before i start my powerbook. soometimes the powerbook gets confused and doesn't know which hard drive to recognize for start up. easier to plug them in after i have booted up my mac. hope this helps. this hard drive allows you to do it. i have daisy chained it to a lacie external drive. it is easy to do. the wd comes with 2 firewire cords and 2 ports. the first cord goes into one of the wd's ports and then into your laptop's firewire port. the second one goes from the second firewire port in the wd into the firewire port of your other drive. then they both will show up on your desktop. to eject them, just drag both icons to the trash and unplug. i always remove them before i start my powerbook. soometimes the powerbook gets confused and doesn't know which hard drive to recognize for... » Read More this hard drive allows you to do it. i have daisy chained it to a lacie external drive. it is easy to do. the wd comes with 2 firewire cords and 2 ports. the first cord goes into one of the wd's ports and then into your laptop's firewire port. the second one goes from the second firewire port in the wd into the firewire port of your other drive. then they both will show up on your desktop. to eject them, just drag both icons to the trash and unplug. i always remove them before i start my powerbook. soometimes the powerbook gets confused and doesn't know which hard drive to recognize for start up. easier to plug them in after i have booted up my mac. hope this helps. « Show Less
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I'm not really sure but the USB and firewire connection works just fine for me.
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In response to your question: This Belkin box is great, but in order for the 4 USB connections to work you have to plug in the USB connection to the computer (same is true for the Firewire). Sorry!
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It has two Firewire 800 ports in the back. Though it will also accept one USB.
1208773
Hi there. No, there is no firewire or other port. There is just the one USB.
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Well you have one part that makes it faster... the fact it's an SSD. Firewire 400 is slower than USB2 but USB2 is not faster than 800. So if you're going from an FW800 device, to a FW400 port, you're still only going to get FW400 speed, which is fine because you'll be getting the FULL 400 worth of speed because the read/write of the drive is faster than the pipe the data is traveling through. --- So yes, to sum it all up, you can attach the firewire 800 SSD and have great speed.
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This device has three interfaces. A single USB3.0 interface, and two Firewire 800 interfaces. Firewire 800 can connect only to Firewire 400 or Firewire 800.
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Try and use - plug into - Firewire as it is faster than USB2.USB Speed = 400 Mb/s Firewire 800 = 800Mb/s
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Yes, this Firewire Adapter Card has three six-pin output connectors that will work with Firewire 400 (IEEE 1394a) devices. Note that there is also a four-pin connector for 1394a but it is typically used on devices like camcorders. This adaptor card has the six-pin 1394a connector that is typically used on computers. If you need to connect a six-pin connector on a computer to one with four pins (such as a camcorder), there is an excellent cable that I bought here at amazon under the brand name amazonbasics.
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It does have firewire 800 so that was good. I have not upgraded to Lion so I cannot answer if it works with Lion, but you could contact WD and they would tell you.