USB sucks but what about Firewire? I see everyone complaining about having to plug in both USB cables, but what about the Firewire?
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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.
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I don't think so. But you might be able to get a different cord instead that has a multi-headed adaptor that will connect to a USB port.The best thing is to have a laptop with a Firewire port. Unfortunately, they usually don't make low-end Windows computers with a firewire port. Most affordable laptops with a firewire port are Macs. I have the same problem.
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It won't work that way and might cause damage to both pieces of equipment. You need a firewire to USB cable or adapter. Firewire and USB are two different standards/technologies.
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Not enough info from you. What kind of cord is needed, firewire, usb or thunderbolt. I bought the thunderbolt for my new iMac which no longer has firewire.
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Interesting idea. Unfortunately, I have no firewire accessories other than hard drives to use, so I really can't help.Sorry
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I'm not sure actually haven't been able to use it myself because of the FireWire and not having any ports for it and forget about the usb adapter doesn't work but it wouldn't hurt and hopefully you will be successful sorry for the inconvenience
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how did work out? I am travelling and I have been trying to download video but with no luck on my laptop(mac G4). I tried the 4 pin to the usb, 4 pin to the 6 Firewire, and a couple other connectors.
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I'm using two of these, one with a Toshiba drive the other with a Seagate drive, both using Firewire on an iMac. I have had no problems with either one.
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Yes, buy this product. I did a lot of research before I zeroed in on this product. Works great for USB and audio. I installed two, one on a Win XP computer and one on a Win7 computer. Some motherboards don't have an internal "firewire" connector but no problemo. Hardly anybody uses the firewire port anyway so just leave it inactive.
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I'm not really sure but the USB and firewire connection works just fine for me.
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I am experiencing spin downs and unreliability. I think it is more a mac os x issue rather than the hardware enclosure, and I know that apple is not supporting firewire 800 anymore as they are focusing on thunderbolt, and as I am running version 10.7.5 of Os X, I have multiple spindown and -50 errors on my external 800 hard drives, I am sorry to add more confusion to the mix, mine might be a different story when I update my os x.
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Did I read right? On this LaCie the USB 2.0 transfers at 480 mbs and the 400 firewire at 400mbs? This is in the spec section describing the product. I have a new MacBook Pro and had to use the USB cable since the 400 firewire LaCie cable would not fit the Mac's 800 port. I found that it transferred very fast. However I bought this for the firewire capability and expect to use it. When will LaCie make the 800 firewire, I wonder?
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I can't tell if there is more than one version, but this one specifically is a USB 3.0, which means it does not go into Firewire
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In general, Thunderbolt is faster/better than FireWire. But, think about how you want to use the G-Drive. FireWire connections are much more common than Thunderbolt.
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Hi there, I got one couple of months ago and i am quite satisfied. To be honest i did not attempted to use it without FireWire cable but the point is this device is provided by a power supplier in the box which means it can work as a stand alone device without computer. I guess there should be no problem for what you wanna do. All the best
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Yes it comes with a firewire cable. All you would need is the firewire to thunderbolt adapter. I've seen some on here for less than 10 dollars.
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Correct. FireWire is only used for connecting a camcorder or external hard drive.