Firewire on an inspiron 8000?

[rubenswm]

What's the deal with this smaller port? i have a friend trying to hook up a 1394 based hard drive, and the port is clearly too small.

Rubens

 

[jschuk]

It is a 4-pin port, which doesn't supply power. You will need a 4-6 pin cable as opposed to a 6-6 pin cable.

 

[rubenswm]

Originally posted by: jschuk
It is a 4-pin port, which doesn't supply power. You will need a 4-6 pin cable as opposed to a 6-6 pin cable.

ok