topic its better to USB in PCs & Accessories https://community.sony.lt/t5/pcs-accessories/port-i-link/m-p/18947#M130336 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>KEE-LO's right,<BR /><BR />all of the external firewire drives i've seen needed an external power supply... were as a external usb drive can be run without an extra power supply... that is only for the 2,5 inch external notebook drives, the regular 3,5 inch externals do need an external power supply.<BR /><BR />Greetings KEE-LO<BR /></P></BODY></HTML> Tue, 09 Mar 2004 20:40:51 GMT JoeB. 2004-03-09T20:40:51Z Port i-link https://community.sony.lt/t5/pcs-accessories/port-i-link/m-p/18945#M130334 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Hi,<BR />I want to buy an external hard-drive. I can buy one with a USB 2.0 exit but can I connect this hard-drive to the i-link exit or this i-link is only booked for the videa or the connection between computers ?<BR />Thanks<BR /></P></BODY></HTML> Tue, 09 Mar 2004 10:02:53 GMT https://community.sony.lt/t5/pcs-accessories/port-i-link/m-p/18945#M130334 oceanopierrot 2004-03-09T10:02:53Z Port i-link https://community.sony.lt/t5/pcs-accessories/port-i-link/m-p/18946#M130335 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>No, you need to have a FireWire drive which has a power supply like the Maxtor Personal Storage range.<BR /></P></BODY></HTML> Tue, 09 Mar 2004 13:06:42 GMT https://community.sony.lt/t5/pcs-accessories/port-i-link/m-p/18946#M130335 kee-lo_ 2004-03-09T13:06:42Z its better to USB https://community.sony.lt/t5/pcs-accessories/port-i-link/m-p/18947#M130336 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>KEE-LO's right,<BR /><BR />all of the external firewire drives i've seen needed an external power supply... were as a external usb drive can be run without an extra power supply... that is only for the 2,5 inch external notebook drives, the regular 3,5 inch externals do need an external power supply.<BR /><BR />Greetings KEE-LO<BR /></P></BODY></HTML> Tue, 09 Mar 2004 20:40:51 GMT https://community.sony.lt/t5/pcs-accessories/port-i-link/m-p/18947#M130336 JoeB. 2004-03-09T20:40:51Z