Powerbook External Hard Drives?, has to work with pro tools though Options

[slowintrepid]

(first off I know there is a similar post right below me)

anyways. I have a powerbook G4 and I'm gonna be running pro tools LE with an M-Box and maybe logic. my school recomends that I get an external firewire hard drive with 7200 RPM"s as the minimum. I also know that pro tools is pick about what hard drives you use.

my question is. either what external hard drive is good for my set up.

and 2. is it possible for me to take a internal HDD put it in a case and and use it. (I know it's possible but would it work for Pro Tools)

and finally if I was to go there external/internal route. How to I hook up the drive to my comp??? does the case come with a firewire output or something??

[dixiechicken]

Most external fw-drives are simply usual ata/ide drives put into an external enclosure. In the external box there is some electronics to mediate between ata/ide & fw-protocols.
The external box may have built in or have an external power supply unit, somtimes they draw power from the bus.

I wouldnt recommend removing your internal drive & putting it into an external box (if that was indeed what you meant) internal dives in laptops are often ONLY 4200 rpm units.

I can recommend the Maxtors (they generally make stuff), or follow Digidesign recommendations.
Try to check whether the external fw-drive have the Oxford 911-chipset,
( I think it was the 911 at least - if not it was 912 chip-set - perhaps one of my fellow moderators can chip in [pun intended] and correct me if I dont remeber correctly)
as file-corruption problems have been reported with OS-X & said chip-set.

Both Apple & fw-drive vendors have posted info & updates to help alleviate this problem. Check out "WibeTech" website, they have a pretty neat solution - called fw-bridge, no external box or anything.
http://www.wiebetech.com/products/firewire...edrivedock.html

Cheers: Dixiechicken