Hard drive / firewirecase question ...

[Subzero]

I have a firewire case with a 120gb drive right now but want to swap it with a 200gb.
Will I be able to just swap them or will I also need a ATA card in my pc also ???
This is a ACOM DATA case.

Thanks.....

 

[nork]

Far as i know it all goes by the circuitry and hardware inside your firewire case. If it has newer oxford or nec drivers then it should recognize 200 gig h drive. You wont know til you try.
I have heard that one can flash the oxford drive inside the case it its oxford but i have never done it. You can likely google the info on that. AGain, you might just as well try it first. There is a barrier at 130 something, some cases with newer oxford or nec will read the drive size right, older ones wont.
How would you connect a firewire external drive enclosure to an ata controller card, only way would be if you could buy an ata controller with a firewire connector on it, which i dont think exists, yet.