Current rating on the MBP 17" I7 FW800 Port?

I have a 17" MBP i7 6,1 for use as a location: digital video (DV) capture device, monitor, clip I/O marker, & rough cut editor with FCP 7 to eliminate the time to capture from tape and to improve shot setup time & quality, etc.
The DV FW output of the camcorder streams to the MBP FW port where FCP captures it then stores it to a drive.
I want to use an external 1TB Sonnet eSata Fusion F2 raid 0 (or similar), (fed from an eSata card in the Express card slot) as the "scratch" disc because it can be "bus" powered from the cam and will give both the speed & capacity needed for the "dailies".
The problem is the Sonnet raid can only be powered from either the FW bus or an external 12vdc battery (I'd rather not use at$200+), or by an AC adapter which may not have a power source at some locations. There is only 1 FW port on the cam & 1 on the MBP and that's the monkey wrench in the plan.
My question is this: Does anyone know if an FW hub/repeater (like the Unibrain FireRepeater 800) can be used to "mult" the FW port on the MBP into more than 1 port to allow the DV stream from the cam to pass through to the MBP while another port would be simultaneously be providing power to the Sonnet raid? Logic says that there are probably 2 power leads (+,-) in the FW cable but I don't whether or not they will interfere with the data stream?
Or, is there another diminutive bus powered Raid 0 close to 1 TB with 7200 rpm 2.5" drives that I have over looked?
Ken

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This used to work perfectly with my old intel white macbook. It appears that the new MBPs can't boot into previous OSs. Is that the case? I just want to make sure it's not something I'm doing wrong.
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Mac Pro USB and FW800 ports not working

I've been reading tons of forum entries in the Apple Support Community and in other forums. Nothing seems to answer quite what's going on with my Mac Pro Tower.
Here are the details and steps taken up to now:
- I'm running a Mac Pro Tower (MacPro 3,1, 2x 2,8GHz Quad Core, Early 2008 model), currently running OS 10.6.8
- I moved before the holidays in December and left my computer unplugged for over month while away. Didn't have any issues before the move.
- up until the last couple of weeks, I had actually been running on Leopard (yes, I'm a luddite!, please, no teasing )
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- Also, on startup, the Mac started searching for a Bluetooth keyboard, of which I don't have, and would not detect my usb keyboard. I would disconnect and reconnect the keyboard and the majority of the time, the Mac would then recognize my USB keyboard.
- I decided to upgrade to Snow Leopard, which didn't help with the iPod update. I did not do a clean install.
- Then I noticed that my USB stick wasn't working and tried it in all the usb ports (except the ones on the keyboard)
- Also, I had removed and then reinstalled printer and scanner drivers for my All-in-one printer. After this I kept getting constant communication errors between the mac and the printer via the usb port, although I was able to print a test page.
- I've used Hardware Test once which didn't detect any issue.
- I reset the SMC
- I reset the PRAM, and for a few seconds I was able to read from my USB stick, then never again, even after another PRAM reset.
- I've cleaned the whole inside of the computer and checked for loose cables. Cables are in so tight it's so hard to loosen them!
- I now tested all the ports:
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     ∞ the front and back FW800 ports are unresponsive to my VoyagerQ dock
     ∞ However, the keyboard works in any fo the back ports and my USB stick is recorgnized by the USB port of the keyboard.
     ∞ I also plugged in my Logitech webcam into the keyboard and it works there but not in any other port.
     ∞ When I plug in USB powered speakers into any of the ports, they work fine
     ∞ And the FW400 ports are also working fine with my VoyagerQ dock
- a few times, including once today, my mac restarted by itself. The times before today, I thought it was because I was sort of moving back the computer in place, but today I was nowhere near the computer.
So what does this all mean? Should I do a clean install of the Mac OS? Or is it a problem with my Logic Board?
Any insight please would be helpful. I had Apple Care and missed the reminder to renew it so I really hoping not to spend more money than necessary.

Thanks Grant,
The battery is a start and something inexpensive to replace.
I did do a PRAM reset (command + option + P + R) and was able to hear the chime 4 times. I tried resetting it a number of times over the past week, as well as yesterday with no success in reviving the USB ports. But isn't it weird that my USB powered speakers work by plugging them in any USB port (with the mini jack pugged in the back or front earphone plug)?
I did not use the USB ports on the keyboard until yesterday, so that is not the cause of the other USB and FW800 ports failing. But I'll follow your suggestion and not use them except for the mouse.
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- Only 8 RAMS were being recognized
- a red LED light appeared on the top riser
- first I thought I had isolated the faulty RAM bar, and then a second one
- Then going pair by pair again, I no longer saw the LED light
- Put back all 8 bars, only 8 GB of RAM recognized
- Left computer overnight running Hardware test (said it took almost 3 hours, with no errors)
- Now all 16 GB are recognized!
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FW800 Port

Is the FW800 port on my 15" G4 1.5gHz Powerbook really faster then the FW400 port, or is it merely stepped down to FW400 speed right away when it gets into my PB?
Thanks in advance.

The G4 PB's have a FW 800 port that can transfer data at upto 100Mbytes/sec and a FW400 port that can trasfer at upto 50Mbytes/sec. So no there is no 'throtting' going on. As regards the lack of a FW800 port on the intel Macs, this was apparently down to limitations in the chip-set used in the intel Macs. How many PC's have you seen with FW800? Even FW400 seems to be an after thought on most PC's with often only a 4-pin connector rather than the full sized one.
I would imagine that FW800 would reappear once they have fully sorted the chip-set out for the intel Macs.
The current intel Macs were 'rushed' out to get something in the market place I would imagine, I mean they are not even 64bit yet either!
I have a LaCie 250Gb FW800 drive connected to my PB and it flies.
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Lacie Drives FW800 ports not working?

Hi all,
I have been browsing through the community trying to find out why my two D2's will not work.   I am trying to use the FW 800 connection. the drives work just fine using 400 and USB. I took the IMAC in and the retailer and we were able to connect FW 800 devices-so we - know that it is not the Imac. Also when looking at the system I get this following:
Also in looking at the
Manufacturer:     LaCie
Model:     0x4136
GUID:     0xD04BA30104BFB4
Maximum Speed:     Up to 800 Mb/sec
Connection Speed:     Up to 400 Mb/sec
But when tried to connect the Lacie's into another MAC F W 800 port, it was a no go. This has happened to "both of the drives". BTW-I never have used FW 800 before.
Two have 2 external Harddrives experiance the same problem just sounds off. Has anyone every heard of FW 800 ports crapping out on external HDD's?

Thanks Grant,
The battery is a start and something inexpensive to replace.
I did do a PRAM reset (command + option + P + R) and was able to hear the chime 4 times. I tried resetting it a number of times over the past week, as well as yesterday with no success in reviving the USB ports. But isn't it weird that my USB powered speakers work by plugging them in any USB port (with the mini jack pugged in the back or front earphone plug)?
I did not use the USB ports on the keyboard until yesterday, so that is not the cause of the other USB and FW800 ports failing. But I'll follow your suggestion and not use them except for the mouse.
Another weird thing that happened yesterday, I have 16GB of RAM and I spent all day trying to troubleshoot a RAM issue that is magically fixed after leaving the computer on overnight to do an extended Hardware Test. The issue was:
- Only 8 RAMS were being recognized
- a red LED light appeared on the top riser
- first I thought I had isolated the faulty RAM bar, and then a second one
- Then going pair by pair again, I no longer saw the LED light
- Put back all 8 bars, only 8 GB of RAM recognized
- Left computer overnight running Hardware test (said it took almost 3 hours, with no errors)
- Now all 16 GB are recognized!
Thanks again for the tips

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http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1270?viewlocale=en_US

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I dug around thru the site, but can't quite tell what atypical software can run on the Pro. Can Rhino or any other modeling programs that traditionally run on PC's work with the Intel core?
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* Once you have used BootCamp and installed Windows, you will have the choice during bootup to boot EITHER into Windows, or into MacOSX.
* BootCamp is currently a separate download, but I have come to understand that it will be integrated as part of the next major release of OSX. Currently it is considered a Beta offering.
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I recommend you download and read the release notes for both BootCamp and Parallels so you can get a better idea of how they work.
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How can I edit lightroom 5 smart previews on mac book pro (mbp) when the lightroom 5 master image files are on my external hard drive is disconnected from the mbp

How can I edit lightroom 5 smart previews on mac book pro (mbp) when the lightroom 5 master image files are on my external hard drive is disconnected from the mbp? So far when I try to disconnect the external HD from the mbp, I get the following pop up window: The disk "external hard drive A" couldn't be ejected because "Lightroom" is using it. Quit that application and try to eject this disk again. When I do that and restart Lightroom 5, the Adobe Photoshop Lightroom - Select Catalog screen pops up but doesn't list my external hard drive A as a choice.
I've reviewed Adobe's Lightroom Help | Smart Previews Lightroom 5 web page and still haven't been able to figure what I'm doing wrong. Any help would be appreciated.

Your internal HDD. by default, is named 'Macintosh HD'. From what information you supplied, it looks like there is already a Lightroom catalog installed on you local (internal) HDD using the standard naming convention Adobe uses as well as a Lightroom catalog on your external drive which you created. To be sure of which catalog Lightroom is loading when it starts up, To do this, start Lightroom as you normally would. After it starts, select the Lightroom menu item, then select the Catalog Preferences item and finally, navigate to the General tab. The Location information will tell you exactly what catalog Lightroom is opening by default. This will likely be the Photography Mac Book Pro Versions catalog on your external HDD. Once that is confirmed, you are ready to proceed. As an additional test/verification, you can shut down Lightroom and, this time, start Lightroom while holding down the ALT/OPTION key. This will cause Lightroom to pause and display a screen which will allow you to chose a different catalog to open. Navigate to the /Users/[user name]/Pictures/Lightroom folder and select the Lightroom 5 Catalog.lrcat file. When Lightroom comes up, there should be no previews or folders as this catalog should be empty. Now you can be certain which catalog is being used and which catalog has all your data and you are ready to migrate your current catalog. Shut down Lightroom.
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Macintosh HD/Users/[user name]/Pictures/Lightroom/ and
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The Macintosh HD/Users/[user name]/Pictures/Lightroom folder will contain the empty default catalog the Adobe created when Lightroom was installed and Macintosh HD/Users/[user name]/Pictures/Photography Mac Book Pro Versions will contain a copy of the catalog you created on your external HDD.
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Merci beaucoup for the response. However, what you described in both cases are the workarounds that I described & that I've been using.
With sort by rating solution, the music can then only be sorted by rating -- and there will be songs of lower ratings played eventually.
Let me try to describe what I'm looking for more precisely:
Like in Aperture, there would be a small gui selection toward the top of iTunes, and you select what ratings should be shown/played -- for example, 2 & higher. Then, there will be no songs shown/played that are below 2 stars. You can then have it play on shuffle, or sorted by other data such as artist, album, etc. -- and you will never hear a song below 2 stars.
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<http://www.videolan.org>
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I'm thinking of sometimes booting from an external FW800 drive, and having video data on another such external drive. One using the FW800 port, the other the eSata port with a FW800 card.
If I were to daisy chain them they will be using the same data bus, so I figure that by using the eSata port I'll get a gain in performance.
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About 3 months ago I made a switch from the PC to the Mac. Best thing I ever did.
I currently have a 2.0 Macbook, 100 gig HD, and the superdrive.
One thing I miss about the switch is the ability to play games. THe macbook does not have the juice. Wehn I was a PC guy I loved Half Life. I had an ati all in wonder 2006 eddition video card.
I decided that it would be a good time to upgrade to a Macbook pro. I found a great deal at macmall for $1,800 for the base macbook pro core 2 duo. I figure for my macbook which is one month old (due to a replacement issue) It is custom with 100 gig HD and 1 gig ram. I can probably get about $1,300 on ebay. I also have the apple care on it.
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3) go to the apple web site and buy a refurb MBP CORE 1 DUO with the 256 video card for about the same price as a new core 2 duo base model.
4) Buy an xbox 360 for games and keep the macbook
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I can't think of any other options
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I sold my MB and upgraded to a new C2D MBP and couldn't be happier. The graphics are a world of difference, and no excessive fan noise anymore. I just have the 128M graphics card, so I'm not sure how much better the 256M card would be.
-Bmer
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