I want to use this with a WD external hard drive. All I know is that it has two firewire ports on the back along with the USB. What cable do I need?
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You need a WD hard drive that has a firewire jack and then a firewire cable that has the correct pin number for your WD hard drive.
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You can use either 4-pin or 6-pin cables with this card. Use whatever cable fits the hard drive. I use a 6-pin cable tp connect my DROBO external RAID system.
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Hi there. No, there is no firewire or other port. There is just the one USB.
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The WD My Book Studio 2 TB Firewire 800, has a firewire port and a usb port, if your mack does not have a firewire port it will connect through the usb port although at a slower speed than if it did at the firewire connection.
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Western Digital recommends plugging the external hard drive directly into an outlet (don't use any line filters or power strips). Once computer is at the desktop, plug into the outlet - wait several seconds and then plug in the Firewire cable from the HD to the computer - it should power up then. You may need to shut down your computer, and then re-do the above when the computer is at the desktop.
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There is another enclosure by Acomdata specifically for PATA drives. It only supports USB2.0 connections, not Firewire.
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Hello Kathryn,This cable never did work for me. I plugged it in and my laptop could not see the drive. Returning the cable was not an easy process so I just kept the cable. If your WD drive is less than a year old I'm sure if you called WD they would send you a free replacement if yours stopped working.
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I am not Mac-Oriented... I believe that you can use USB2 interface and firewire on a Mac but the disk format that Mac's use, is different from PC hard drive formats. Your External Disk might require reformatting. There is a software solution available that will permit a PC to read Mac formatted drives via USB.
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I used one of these enclosures today ( an older generation ide version) The drive drew too much power from the single usb cable, so it needed a usb power cable as well. (Standard usb on one end goes in computer, the other end is a power tip.) I thought they were generic. I had it from another old enclosure. (Drives used to take more power so often came with more power cables), generally if they require over 500mA (look on the drive), it can't be powered by 1 usb port alone, I believe. Not sure on firewire, I think it can handle more power.
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You just have to but the thunderbolt to firewire cable. It comes with a firewire cable
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not sure which way you are going but... I have this thunderbolt drive connected directly to thunderbolt connection on my computer and then about 5 firewire800 drives daisy chained to it with an adapter.
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Included are: 2 FireWire Cables (FW 800, FW 800 to 400); 1 USB 3.0 Cable (compatible with USB 2.0); Protective Carrying Case; Quick Install Guide.Hope this is helpful!
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I can't tell if there is more than one version, but this one specifically is a USB 3.0, which means it does not go into Firewire
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It will come with two cords. Firewire (9 Prongs) and USB. You need an adapter for Thunderbolt, or, if you need, for Firewire 6 prongs.
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Try and use - plug into - Firewire as it is faster than USB2.USB Speed = 400 Mb/s Firewire 800 = 800Mb/s
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I'm sorry. I didn't see this question until just now. I am not sure. Is the firewire on the 2008 iMac the old type that was kind of a hexagon shape? If so, then no, this hard drive does not have that type of firewire port on it. If it is the newer type it won't work. But it should still work through USB, but just may be slower at the data transfer. Hope this is helpful.
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I'm not sure actually haven't been able to use it myself because of the FireWire and not having any ports for it and forget about the usb adapter doesn't work but it wouldn't hurt and hopefully you will be successful sorry for the inconvenience
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I don't recall any instructions, but I think there may have been some on the box. First there are no drivers needed. This unit will fit in a floppy drive slot in your case. It's fairly straight forward. There are four separate cable pairs, 1 for firewire, labeled 1394, 1 for HD audio, and two cables for the four usb ports. Just make sure that your motherboard has usb headers that will work. The cables are fairly long. Hope this helps.