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    firewire connections

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by brianluce, Mar 19, 2007.

  1. brianluce

    brianluce Notebook Consultant

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    Does anyone here connect firewire to anything with the laptop ON? With my desktop I always shut it down before hooking my video camera to it...
     
    brianluce, Mar 19, 2007
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    WackyT Notebook Deity

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    I hot connect my firewire hard drive all the time with no problem.
     
    WackyT, Mar 19, 2007
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    I have a 300GB firewire Hard drive that I connect while my laptop is on with no problems as well.
     
    unknown555525, Mar 19, 2007
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    vespoli 402 NBR Reviewer

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    Firewire is designed to be hot-swappable. If it's a separate powered device, you might want to turn it off first, to avoid a short (but that problem doesn't really exist anymore)

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Firewire
     
    vespoli, Mar 19, 2007
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