Help with Powering m-audio firewire 410

Hi to All
I just got a Mac book Pro, and I own an m-audio firewire 410 interface. The Mac works wonderfully and I´m extremely happy with it and the 410 together.
Does Anyone know if there is a way to power the interface with the AC adapter, whithout powering it through the 6 pin Firewire port when using batteries ?
To My understanding, the 6 pin ports always can power devices.
Thanks for Your Help, and sorry of any English glitch

I have a MacBook Pro and a M-Audio Firewire 410. As we speak, I am running a six pin firewire cable to the Firewire 410 as well connecting it to the supplied AC power adapter. Nevertheless, I use it primarily with my PowerMac G5. When connected to the G5, I have both the 6 to 6 pin firewire connector and the supplied AC power power adapter connected and sending power to the unit. Nowhere in the manual does it say that you cannot connect the AC power adapter to the FW 410 while a six pin (powered) firewire cable is in use. It does say that the AC adapter is included to power the unit when a computer with four pin firewire ports (the kind that don't supply power) is connected to the FW 410. As bus power from a firewire port is often the victim of RFI from the components in the computer, I was advised by M-Audio tech support to utilize external power whenever feasible to increase the SN ratio on the device. So basically they told me to connect both at the same time. I assume that the FW 410 knows when it is receiving power from the AC adapter and knows to not utilize the power from the firewire bus simultaneously. If you are really worried, I suggest you call M-Audio tech support and let them tell you what I just did. One final thought: I have used my FW 410 with two power sources (firewire and DC in) for the two years since I've had the unit. It doesn't work as well as it used to...now that the drivers have improved, it works much better a than it used to. I hope this answers your question.
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