Re: USB to Firewire conversion

2009-02-19 Thread Mullin9
Did you even READ the page??? I went back and read the Page Basically this is for powering a FW device from a USB port. Charging a FW-only iPod from a USB port is about the only possible use for it. It is NOT a conversion cable. The solution is to get a fw external case for your

Re: USB to Firewire conversion

2009-02-19 Thread Aaron
At 09:34 -0800 2009/02/18, Mullin9 wrote: I Have a USB 2.0 external Hard drive. but is real slow on the older USB 1.1 [SNIP] I want to use my FW 400 rather than USB 1.1 (the slow one) for my USB 2.0 external Hard drive You don't say what kind of computer you're using that has USB 1.1. If it's

Re: USB to Firewire conversion

2009-02-19 Thread Bruce Johnson
On Feb 19, 2009, at 4:00 PM, Aaron wrote: At 10:56 -0700 2009/02/18, Bruce Johnson wrote: The solution is to get a fw external case for your external drive, and transplant the hard drive. Before doing that, you have to know if the drive itself is IDE/PATA or SATA. Moreover, is the

Re: USB to Firewire conversion

2009-02-18 Thread Bruce Johnson
On Feb 18, 2009, at 10:34 AM, Mullin9 wrote: I Have a USB 2.0 external Hard drive. but is real slow on the older USB 1.1 I found the link for USB to Firewire conversion http://www.dealextreme.com/details.dx/sku.9855 Will it work on my firewire port. I want to use my FW 400 rather than