mlmorg Posted January 4, 2008 Share Posted January 4, 2008 I'm searching for a powered firewire hub. I recently bought this http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...N82E16817111714 a usb and firewire hub but quickly found out that, even though it has a dc power source, the firewire port connected to the computer must be bus-powered (the firewire port on the computer has to be 6-pin, not 4-pin which my laptop has) or else other firewire devices connected to the hub do not work...maybe the dc power source is just busted...but it seems to need to have a bus powered source for firewire. So...I'm now looking for a powered firewire hub that can connect to a 4-pin firewire port on my laptop while still being able to power devices that need a powered firewire port (by way of its plug-in-wall power source). Thanks for any suggestions, Matt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rtomek Posted January 5, 2008 Share Posted January 5, 2008 why not just buy a regular hub and use one of these cables? http://www.amazon.com/JasHO97900-Ieee-1394...2046&sr=1-2 However, a lot of hubs come with a 6 pin male to 4 pin male cable so that's only necessary if you get one that doesn't come with it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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