FireWire chain question

mac black · 21st August 2006

Hi all,

Can I turn off one of the drives in my chain and still use the rest?
I have 5 drives and i want to turn off the 3rd one in the chain, will i get any problems?

Cheers

mac

Westex · 21st August 2006

Quote:

Originally Posted by mac black

Hi all,

Can I turn off one of the drives in my chain and still use the rest?
I have 5 drives and i want to turn off the 3rd one in the chain, will i get any problems?

Cheers

mac

Have you tried simply placing that drive at the end of the chain?

mac black · 22nd August 2006

Quote:

Originally Posted by Westex

Have you tried simply placing that drive at the end of the chain?

All 5 are backup drives... some are double backup ... everytime i need a different drive ... and i don't like to leave them on when thry're not used or connect/disconnect them all the time.
Anyhow, can you do this without any problem?

borjam · 22nd August 2006

If you've got so many devices chained it's probably better to use a Firewire hub. It will be far less likely to have problems due to excessive cable length, and you can power on and off any of the disks at will, without interrupting the bus.

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22nd August 2006	#4
borjam Gear nut Joined: Aug 2006 Location: Bilbao (Spain) Posts: 131	If you've got so many devices chained it's probably better to use a Firewire hub. It will be far less likely to have problems due to excessive cable length, and you can power on and off any of the disks at will, without interrupting the bus.