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dj b easy 4:17 AM - 9 December, 2005
There's a mini IEEE1394 connection on the front of my laptop. I'm guessing this is the 4-pin. If I buy a firewire/usb external can I just use a 6-to-4 pin cable?

I was looking at this external

www.zipzoomfly.com
DJ_X_Trodinaire 4:19 AM - 9 December, 2005
yes you can
i use one
dj b easy 4:29 AM - 9 December, 2005
thanks X...do you know how it compares with usb? thats what i'm using now.
dj b easy 4:31 AM - 9 December, 2005
and what about 9 pin to 4 pin?
DJ_X_Trodinaire 5:47 AM - 9 December, 2005
i cant really tell the difference....
Im happy that it works lol
and i never seen a 9 pin to 4 pin before.
DJ Unique 6:22 AM - 9 December, 2005
I think the 6 pin supports bus-power and the 4 pin does not.
I have never heard of 9 pin firewire, however I have heard of Firewire 800, which supports twice the speed. Firewire 800 has a different connector than the others.
DJ_X_Trodinaire 3:59 PM - 9 December, 2005
firewire 800 is the 6 pin

6 pin to 4 pin just downsteps to firewire 400
sixxx 10:03 PM - 9 December, 2005
4 pin to 1 pin downsteps to US Postal Service
artin (DJ D.I.S.) 8:06 AM - 10 December, 2005
only in america does the pizza arive faster than the abulance :]
nobspangle 12:59 PM - 10 December, 2005
Quote:
firewire 800 is the 6 pin

6 pin to 4 pin just downsteps to firewire 400


This is wrong, Like DJ Unique says, 4 pin is the mini connector for firewire 400 it has no power, 6 pin is the large connector for firewire 400 it has 2 extra pins for the power.

A 9 pin cable is for the firewire 800, more info here en.wikipedia.org
dj b easy 4:09 AM - 11 December, 2005
Thanks for the info all. What's the deal with bus-power?

ps - wikipedia is great for school papers!
nobspangle 7:48 PM - 11 December, 2005
bus-power provides power to devices, some smaller harddrives will support it as will most firewire soundcards. If you only have a 4 pin firewire port (most laptops do because of the size) you will need a power supply for your device
DJLorrence 10:42 AM - 12 December, 2005
your fucking smart as hell.