I feel dumb asking this, but I just bought an external hard drive and FireWire is new stuff to me. I have the unit connected to my PC via FireWire 400 using a six foot cable. Would switching to a three foot cable make my transfers faster?
2007-01-06 10:09:55 · 5 answers · asked by ganymede2981 2 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Add-ons
it might by 0.00000000000001 milliseconds. it wont change enough to notice it at all. a 1000 foot cable would barely have any lag to it compared to a 1" cable
2007-01-06 10:17:22 · answer #1 · answered by ryan c 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No. Firewire doesn't adjust speed to match signal quality. It just doesn't work if the cable isn't good enough.
2007-01-06 21:18:31 · answer #2 · answered by Nomadd 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes it does, most of the time it wont matter or you wont notice that speed. Depends on what your downloading/uploading. Firewire cables are generaly small
2007-01-06 18:26:45 · answer #3 · answered by Dustin 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It shouldn't, because that's a small difference and only a few hundred foot long cable would actually make a difference.
2007-01-06 18:17:11 · answer #4 · answered by chris 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Not really. The connection speed is so fast, that it's like noticing if I'm calling you to NY from Chicago or from LA.
2007-01-06 18:19:16 · answer #5 · answered by Frost 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋