[ltp] looking for firewire bus power

[Keith T. Garner]

On Mon, Apr 05, 2004 at 01:16:10, Vincent Touquet said:
> As the T41p doesn't have firewire I got myself a cardbus card,
> which has a 12V DC small plug where I can feed the card so it
> can provide bus power (its impossible for the card to provide
> sufficient bus power using the 3.3V it is provided).
> 
> Any chance I can get it from somewhere and not involving a wall
> socker ? Those tiny usb fans, what voltage do they run on ?
> 
> I hope I'm not limited to using my firewire devices near sockets.

If I remember correctly, you not going to get what you want.  The
pcmcia/cardbus slots don't have enough power fed to them to feed
devices.  That's why cardbus cards that supply power have the extra
plug.

Keith

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  Keith T. Garner                                         kgarner@kgarner.com
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