Firewire on an inspiron 8000?

rubenswm

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Aug 12, 2000
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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

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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.
 

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