Firewire Question

[mikeyboy]

<p>I have a firewire card that is 5 years old that I used on my last two computers.&nbsp; Last week the thing crapped out on me, so I bought a new one.&nbsp; This morning I was installing the new one, so I unplugged the power source to the card and pulled the old card from the PCI slot.&nbsp; Then I installed the new card in the slot and was about to reconnect the power source to the card, when I realized -- no separate power source needed!</p><p>My question is this:</p><p>Have firewire cards just gotten better in the last five years, so a separate power source is no longer needed, or did I buy an inferior card this time, or do some cards just have a separate power source and some do not (without there being a big difference)?&nbsp;</p>

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[JPMNICK]

Do not worry about the power source problem. The older cards used it, because it was part of the older specs. The newer specs do not have it in there, and in the cut throat industry they do nto ship with seperate power anymore to save money. Also, power supplies are MUCH stronger now then a few years back. You should be fine.

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[mikeyboy]

<p>Cool.&nbsp; Thanks!</p>

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