use multiple FW ports?

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powerdog

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I installed a FW800 card in my G5 so I'd have a second bus for my external media drive, as often recommended.

The card has 3 FW ports, so am I compromising anything if I use one of the extra ports for another drive?
 
The main thing to avoid is using any non-FW800 devices on the FW800 bus. That will slow everything down to FW400...
 
Ah technically, perhaps, realistically I don't think so. I've done daisy chains with FW drives and had flawless performance. With a dedicated card and FW 800 too boot, I can't imagine you'd have any problem with all three ports loaded. Good luck.

cheers.
 
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