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Firewire I bought an Apricorn external hard drive and it has a firewire cable and no power cable.  The drive worked immediately when I hooked it up to my macbook pro.  When I hooked it up to my HP, the drive light flickers and nothing happens.  It's almost like the firewire ports don't supply enough power to operate the drive.  Any suggestions?

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Firewire is a lot like usb in the power area if the drive is not getting power i would suspect the firewire port. firewire did not become very popular because of problems like these. You need to go down to a computer parts store and by a firewire card and that should provide enough power and bypass the on-board ports. Try to hook another device up to the firewire ports and see if they work if not install the daughterboard with firewire ports

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