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S2NINJA

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Oct 10, 2006
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Hi,

I just picked up a firewire powered external hdd. I want to take it with me so I really want a retractable cable. 6-pin to 6-pin...

I purchased one from futureshop:

http://www.futureshop.ca/catalog/proddetail.asp?logon=&langid=EN&sku_id=0665000FS10044175&catid=25605

but it doesn't work (even kernel panicked once). The supplied cable works fine, so i know it isn't the drive. I guess that's what i get for buying a $5 cable...

Right now, I'm looking at this one from Macally.

http://www.macally.com/EN/Product/ArticleShow.asp?ArticleID=90

If anyone can give me any tips on what would work for me, I would really appreciate it. Thanks.
 
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