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Old 11-23-2007, 06:28 AM   #38 (permalink)
Aulirophile
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Originally Posted by Zarcath View Post
ah I believe the port I needed is a 6 pin, but I could probably just buy a 4 pin cable.

edit: took a look at the refurbs and there's no discount involved, it's pretty much the same price as buying a new one.
4-pin ports transfer data, the other two pins recharge peripherals. As long as whatever you're running (DV cam I assume?) doesn't need to be charged from the computer should be fine. I have a 4-pin firewire port on my shitty HP and I just carry around a 4-pin to 4-pin cable and can connect to basically everything.
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