G-Tech External Hard Drive - (1) Which FW400 cable? (2) Is this HD good?

Hi,
I'd like to get my MacBook connected with an external hard drive G-Tech G-DRIVE 500GB FW400/800 Hard Drive. The specification says it comes with FW800 cable, whereas MacBook has FW400 port.
Would anyone know which cable I should get for the FW400?
Thank you,
Beata

Hi Beata,
if your G-tech FW400 port similar to one that on your macbook, get the 6 pin to 6 pin firewire 40 cable.
but if the firewire port is smaller (like one at minidv camcorder), get the 6 pin to 4 pin firewire 400 cable.
Good Luck.

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