FIreWire-powered operation of LaCie PocketDrives

AES/newspost wrote:

 >My new LaCie 40 GB PocketDrive seems to operate just fine on my Mac
 >IBook right out of the box, under OS 9.2, with only the FireWire cable
 >connected and no AC adaptor needed. The setup instructins in the
 >manual, however, say the AC adaptor should be connected.
 >
 >It's really neat to have only a single cable (though a more flexible
 >version of the cable would be nice). Any reasons NOT to operate the
 >PocketDrive in this way? I don't have anything else daisy-chained on
 >the FireWire port, and don't expect to.

I have a 20 GB PocketDrive I got a couple of years ago. I love this
little jewel. It has FireWire and USB (which appears to be USB 2.0)
and I have used it with both connections.

My materials said that the drive is bus-powered with a 6-pin FW
connection from the computer itself. It said the AC adapter is
necessary if using the USB connection, running through a CardBus FW
card on a laptop, or if the PC connection is a 4-pin FW port since a
6-pin port is required to provide AC power.

While running this PocketDrive in FW-powered mode on my iBook, I have
also connected an MCE Lucid FW-powered CD burner and both have worked
flawlessly.

I cannot remember for certain, but I think I have plugged this
PocketDrive into a powered FW device (a Que hard drive and a Que CD
burner) and it has powered up without needing the AC adapter.
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hbelkins.RemoveThis@restrictorplates.mis.net (H.B. Elkins) wrote:

 > I have a 20 GB PocketDrive I got a couple of years ago. I love this
 > little jewel. It has FireWire and USB (which appears to be USB 2.0)
 > and I have used it with both connections.
 >
 > My materials said that the drive is bus-powered with a 6-pin FW
 > connection from the computer itself. It said the AC adapter is
 > necessary if using the USB connection, running through a CardBus FW
 > card on a laptop, or if the PC connection is a 4-pin FW port since a
 > 6-pin port is required to provide AC power.
 >

Thanks. LaCie support also says no AC adaptor needed with direct FW
connection to Mac. Unless I missed something, however, the manual that
came with my PocketDrive seemed to say the AC adaptor should be used
with all forms of FW or USB connection
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