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Is running a 6 pin firewire socket from 4 pin laptop motherboard bad practice?

Run_to_da_hills · 2008-05-10 21:25:43

I was looking at a special purpose built machine that is based on a laptop motherboard. It a large female 6 pin firewire socket built into its outer case (Which I thought would give me more power) but I discovered later that this was only powered from a 4 pin less powerful socket from the a laptop mother board the machine…

10-05-2008 9:25pm

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I was looking at a special purpose built machine that is based on a laptop motherboard. It a large female 6 pin firewire socket built into its outer case (Which I thought would give me more power) but I discovered later that this was only powered from a 4 pin less powerful socket from the a laptop mother board the machine was based on. It means that I now have to haul around an extra wall wart and plug it into the mains to run my firewire appliance. Is this bad practice from the manufacturers point?

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