firewire cable with open end

[mattytoldhatty]

Hi all

Can I leave a firewire 400 to 800 cable which I want to use occasionally open ended? Plugged into my 003 but not into my mbpso just disconnected at the 800 end of the cable and not terminated in other words

[Craig F]

should be fine, I've done it before

[albee1952]

I was under the impression that hot-patching FW with 002/003 can fry the circuit board in the 003(it happened to me anyway)

[Bill Denton]

Originally Posted by albee1952

I was under the impression that hot-patching FW with 002/003 can fry the circuit board in the 003(it happened to me anyway)

You definitely need to power down the 002/003 before plugging/unplugging, and were it me, I'd also shut down the computer before plugging/unplugging...

And yes, I know the Firewire spec says it's "hot pluggable", but in this case, several people have learned it isn't...